Captain Pickels and Taylor went out to Nor - 1/51 Manis Guleh and beyond . Lots of rumours and guills about the big Bird Cliff. Saw many cracks in the ice, which is getting into bad condition. Lead two or three feet wide comes in midday of the big bluffs and looks hopeful for speedy departure of the ice beyond it. 28 May. Sunday. New moon. Overcast, thick outside. Wind S.E.(N.E.) 6-7 Died out latter part of afternoon (H.L.P. says it was N.W.) and blew E.N.E. Temp. min. 250; 9a. 28°; 12m. 29°; 4p. 28° Day is chilly, blustering and disagreeable, but we trust that the high wind which began to blow off the ice cap early this morning will drive away some ice. Let her blow, as hard as she will, we all say. The bad. er the better for us. No auklets on cliffs to-day For Bft: Communal mush, fried bacon, baked auklets. Dinners: pea soup, baked auklets, boiled salt pork, fricatur, turnips, dried peaches. 29 May. Monday. Overcast a.m. with granular snow falling from about 10 o'clock for an hour or more Wind S.3. Cleared off soon after noon and became cloudless, except for low- lying wat'fog in distant west. Wind of 5-6 came out of the north. Keen and gusty. Temp. min. 25½°; 9a. 30°; 12m. 30°; 4p. 28°. 9:30p. 29° Clouds of auklets on cliffs today and crew netted about 150 of the birds. On board all day except for short walk just before dinner. Wind too strong and disagreeable for comfortable walking. St. Vincent work. David Copperfield. Bft: oatmeal, little apts. Dinners: macaroni soup, salt beef + pork, potatoes, turnips,