mast short of as the level of the 190 deck, my heart went into my boots, for it looked as if the boat were a wreck and I had momentary visions of being marooned there at Kiatake midway between the "Cluett" and the Crocker Land Expedition men and unable to communicate with either of party before the sea ice should form with sufficient strength to per- mit sledging. It looked like an aw- foul predicament, but when we reached the boat we found that the breaking of the mast had occurred at a joint and had not injured the hull her and that she was lying easily on the rocks. Hendric and Sigdler had made the top of the mast to the rocks in order to keep the boat up- righ, but the stick was too weak for the duty.