576 Daylight has come back to such an extent that we saw only the brightest stars at noon. Temperature - 7° F. Ahruqnodoblahe stopped three times to look at his fox traps, but without finding anything in them. Ahurquaa- colito stopped once I think for the same purpose - There was little or no wind and I was warm, having put on my Kanuk trunks about two hours out from Cape York. We saw one fox and our old friend the Raven, The scattered disposition of the icebergs off Cape York and south thereof as far as we could see, together with the smooth new appearance of the sea ice, indi- cates that there was much open water in Melville Bay when the winter freeze in took place about 12 October. We drove on through the darkness till about 7 o'clock, when we reached Sukken and stopped to make tea and eat bis- cuit and chocolate near the snow igloo or shelter which Koludena