I felt all in for a few minutes – how long I do not know exactly – and then began to "come back", but with a terrible feeling of ominous discour- agement regarding the trip. Soon I went into Egingwah's igloo, where I slept for two hours and felt all right when I awoke. On going back to Ahnquro- dableh's igloo, I found Jangwan, Green, Allen and Peter in earnest conference, the subject subject and object of which were soon made apparent. Factful Tane was the spokes- man and he delicately told me that it was their conviction that it would be wholly unwise and more than prob- ably dangerous to myself as well as the party for me to persist in my effort to cross Melville Bay. They felt that I had been "heroic" in my attempts to discharge my duty toward the Museum and the C.R.E. men, but that now I must in- trust my message mission to them.