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27 March. Monday. 174
Overcast. Thick in morning but haze not so heavy in afternoon. Calm or light variable wind - partly from W.
Temp. min.+12°; 9a +15°; 12m.+18°; 4p.+17°
Ahnigmalok to started over the ice cap for Akhat on his way to Cape York.
About two good hours on Mar-tinique work. Can really work on this to advantage only when the cabin is clear after breakfast for a little while.
Out alone, Dr. Hunt being asleep, for walk, going as far as the black point beyond the big gulch. 7 miles of hard work, much of the going being over half hard snow in drifts letting me sink at nearly every step a- bove the ankle or half way to knee.
Could see no leads in direction of Cape Dudley Digges. Noted for the