594 official statement, hence this second examination. Dr. Hents thinks that it would be better for me not to try to piece up or two meals but to eat a luncheon at eight in the evening before going to bed. Dr. Hents and I took a walk on the plains beyond the head of the bay, going nearly to Corner Glacier. About three miles in all. He played half-back on the Bowdoin eleven, when in college. Evening- Dr. Hents' written statement is not quite as favorable as I had expected it to be, and now he, Ekblaw and I have had a conference which has done little to reassure me. He says that my two spells of faintness (27 August and 17 January: see journal) show a temporary heart weakness, which however may recur unless extreme care be taken. My blood pressure is Abnormally high but he sees no cause for this since the acid test shows no albumen in the urine and my arteries seem normal. He