589. or excuse) If hard packed snow blown off from the cliffs at Saunders Island and carried by the wind a half mile or more out on the ice. Ahugnodablaho & Ahugnalokis started early for Cape York 30 January. Sunday. Somewhat cloudy. Calm. Clear midday + p.m. Temp. min.-20°; 9a.-16° ; 3p.-18° Beautiful day. Strong wind for short time a- bout 5p. m. Ekblaw and I walked out along north shore beyond Black Point, good seven mile jaunt. Went into grotto in gneissoid granite of bluff beyond gulch which Languary and Peter took refuge in a year ago. Triangular entrance 10 ft± high at low water and six or seven feet wide, 50± feet from front to back and 20-25 ft high. Due to frost and water work along a strong joint in a fault zone. A half-mile farther out saw beautiful frost work at entrance to an- other little grotto. Frost evidently formed by con- densation and freezing of moisture rising from