26 May- Friday, 1/50 Would be cloudless, were it not for this masses of fog, hovering around and level with the tops of the cliffs and mountains. But the fog thickened much soon after noon Wind N and light, say 1 to 2. Temp. with 38° Temp. min . 25°; 9a. 30°; 12m. 35°; 4h. 35°; 8p. 26° Crew new sheets and tackles onto the big sails. Walked out to the large berg in the middle of the bay about 1½ mi. from vessel, found the exercise rather fatiguing - crossed two long cracks transverse to the bay about a mile out, but could not see the nu- mberous cracks beyond the berg reported by the captain and others. There are some trouble big bergs outside the bay which are drifting Southeastward along the coast. Charley's 15th birthday. St. Vincent work. David Copperfield Bfr: commut mush + molasses - fried anchov dinner: alcap stew, bread, frites. 27 May. Saturday. Clear and cloudless at 9a., with wind N. 1 - 2. Thin clouds and some fog around noon, but by 2p. turned clear, cloudless, calm. Heavy westerly (?) wind squall raged from about 4 to 5 this morning raising swell which affected the vessel. Temp. min . 20°; 9a. 30°; 12m. 36°; 5p. 37°; 10p. 30° Spent about four hours of this beautiful day on shore near the new cache, watching the little auks as they flew about, perched on the rocks or made love to one another. Took two reels of motion pictures with aid of the chief, who carried the camera a- shore and back again and threw stones at the birds when I wanted them started up. In company with Fiander tried my hand at netting birds and caught two thus - after dinner I caught a disabled one on the ice foot at the cache, in my hands