come in from their second trip after the seal, with Taylor. They succeeded in hooking the jigger into the carcass, but the young ice was too strong for their line and it parted. They think that they can secure the seal tomorrow. 19 March. Sunday. Clear, beautiful day, thin stratus clouds. Temp. min. -9°; 9a.+10°; 12m.+5°; 3p.+5°; 5:30p.+4° Mate Davis and some of the men and Pudit- lak went out this morning and brought in the seal. Pudtlak went out onto the new ice with a line around his body and harpooned the carcass, then Taylor with the line around his body went out walk- ing on two barrel staves and cut the ice away around the seal and the other men hauled it out and to the heavy ice and thence to the ship.