ing and fell about 2 p.m., when the sky cleared and was beautiful. Burnt orange hue in the S.W. Clear this evening. Calm, or light, variable winds. Temp. min. +4°; 9 a.+8°; 2 p.+8° Five miles with January at midday. Went toward the southwest. Light dim, but wonderfully improved from about 1 p.m. when the clouds began to thin out. Eginquah and Evik took some of our heavy supplies (barrel of flour, four kegs of molasses, butter &c.) out along the north shore today on their tour of inspection. They got no farther than Cape Dudley Digges, where they encountered a broad lead and turned back after caching the stuff on shore to await an opportunity enabling us to send it on to Umenak. It being imprac- ticable to go to Umenak now, the Cape York party proposes to return to their homes tomorrow. Mate Davis tells me that he un-