Chief brought in some purple leather (1/68) from the bear this noon. Taylor found the first eggs (2) of the season. May be we shall have some for breakfast Sunday morning. 24 June. Saturday. Clear & cloudless. Light S. or S.E. wind at 9a but calm later and light to moderate N.E. dur- ing part of afternoon. Temp. min. 28°; 9a. 37°; 12m. 36°; 4p. 34°; 8p. 35° Charlie & Norman washed cabin walls and ceiling to great improvement of the rooms. Chief washed my bearskin pants for me--quite a job. Gave him 10 cigars, since he has still to dry and rub them. From 12 to 4 was out geologizing on cliffs and in gulch next last of Pufflats igloo. Temp. on shore--shade near igloo 43°; sun 47°; shade in gulch 42°; on top 750-800'A.T. 34°. Found Huronian quartzite in gulch and on Plateau, see notebk. Greenland 2, pp.16+17. Two or three days ago H.C.P. told me that he came up the Greenland coast when he was a very young man as navigator on a Hali- burt fisherman, as far as off Upernivik but did not make the coast anywhere except at a small bight close to Egedesminde. This afternoon at 3:30 I took the altitude of the base of the cairn as 760' A.T. Measured the cairn as being 7'3" high on eastern side. The crew are having lots of fun hunting for little-antk eggs, but they do not find many yet and they have to move tons of rocks to get those. Had sea pigeon each in addition to little ants for dinner. The meat is coarser and not so good in flavor as that of the little antk. Liver- brown in color. Flowers of several kinds are becoming more abundant. Mosses not ready for collecting.