low the level of the windows, while the space under the front half of the main building was used as quarters for the Eskimo helpers of the Expedition. Boxes of dog biscuit and pemmican were piled up outside. One of the curiosities of the place was an Eskimo igloo built of boxes dog biscuit, no apparent dan- gers of starvation there. The day was beautiful and exceptionally calm for Etah, where the wind seems to blow hard all the time. During the afternoon the Expedition records, negatives, exposed photographic plates and herbarium, together with the men's most important personal effects were taken on