"Gerlis" with us, particularly [1/10] me on board. Jot was the first one to reach us, coming out in a canoe which he constructed after his own plans and which he con- sidered to be a great improve- ment over the Eskimo boat. He is a boat builder by trade, but his substitute looked rather odd beside the real thing as made by the natives. It being necessary that some one stay by the Expedition property at headquarters, Mr. Mac Millan said received at once that he was the one upon whom the duty devolved, especially since he had sent word to the American Museum in the spring 1915 saying that he wished to remain a year after the return of the main portion.