thus and that I was willing to pay (179) the crew for the work. He admitted that the ice-kamik might be re-shod for the job. Between 3 & 4 p. I went on shore and collect- ed a small box of mosses from the gentle slope 200 yds ± east of the igloo. Brook running down the gully east of the igloo is very strong today. It has cut its channel through the snow to within 20-25yds. of the cliff. Little oaks + mussels stew for dinner. I raised a great laugh to-day by saying that the hairs which I saw scurrying up the face of the bluff at Startstein Bay on 15 Sept., last look- ed like a flurry of snow. 8 July. Saturday. Thinly overcast at 9a. and wind from NW scarcely perceptible, at 2 a.m. the wind was blowing a "regular twister" from the E and temperature 41° according to the mate. At 4 a.m. the thermometer stood at 43° according to the chief. Temp. min. 36½°; 9a.38°; 12m.38½°; 4p.38°; 8p.36° Chief went ashore directly after breakfast to continue his search for the nest and eggs of the kestr (Turinga carcutus) which he un- derstands to be worth $500, but he is look- ing for them on the flats at the head of the bay. South wind blowing strongly in gusts from 10:30 on, beginning to rain at noon. - Taylor brought in a seal at noon, which he shot from the beach midway between the middle and southern groups. Not much rain. Three hours or more on "Clive Voyage" After dinner Captain Corner and I walk- ed over to the tongue glacier beside the New- atata glacier, going across the bay ice to