[Journal], 1915-1916
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scarcely support us. The grass in one of my Karrites froze today forming a lump of snow under my foot. My foot was not cold. Apparently, the grass was not dry to begin with and the perspiration from my foot furnished ad- ditional moisture. Last evening I bought a pair of sealskin mittens with rabbit-skin inner mittens from H.C.P. for 40 cents. He had gotten them from Barline, who made them. The great bluff beyond the valley was weird and impressive today in the dim light. It looked very bold and forbidding with its blue-streaked and dark red face, relieved only by the snow on its projecting ledges and the great white blotches from the bird line on its anyface- wind Moderate 3.s.s. Spring rips about 6 p.m. which soughs over the cliffs rather heavily . Increasing at 8 o'clock. One of the Cape York dogs gave birth