130 island. The ice was young and our way home was not an easy one. The snow had drifted in irregular lines and was soft so that we broke thru the crust continually and in some places along the ice foot wallowed in drifts four and five feet deep. After dragging our load for seven or eight miles we had to leave it and get home the best way possible. The wind had increased so much that we could hardly stand against it. It was a little after two p.m.- when we reached home and we were both mighty tired. At the house we found Sammik, Zoita, Etkabark, Jiglo, Annawana, Innalis' and one of Mr French's eskimos had arrived yesterday. This April 24-14. Zoita left this morning - I slept till noon and got up feeling fine. Sammy, Jimmy, Odie, and Mr. French's eskimo (I forgot his name) went up the fjord this evening and