502 The crack in the store now extends nearly half way around and threatens trouble soon. Yesterday I put on my heavy drawers and to-day my heavy under- shirt for the first time. 26 December. Sunday. Clear. Light northerly wind followed by calm (2p.). Temp. min.-16°; 9a., -12°; 9h., -17°. Ice, 2'8"" Peter and his party, including Dr. Hunt and Captain Comer, left about 3a.m. for Umenak via the ice cap. I was sleeping so soundly that I did not hear the disturbance made by their departure. Ahngokbloaho started somewhat earlier for Cape York, but he returned by ten o'clock on account of wide leads encountered between Parker Snow Point and Akpat. The judgment of the Eskimos regarding weather is remarkable. Alniak, I- tukashu's wife, came over from the igloo