60 evening. This tightening of the crank- pin bearings is the first time a wrench has been applied to the engine since it was first assembled last fall. Sun Nov 30-13. The wind has been blowing some today and everyone has stuck quite loyally to the house. I have been getting the meteorological data every hour. Mon Dec 1-13. Stookashos and Olnea left for south today. I had the morning watch, and started them off early. Ek got up at 3-30 and came in and we studied german for a while. I tried to take a nap today in Ek's snow igloo; I was not cold out there but did not sleep very well. Mene Wallace,- the English-speaking Eskimo, and Dotah arrived today. Mene is an interesting character to us - he has talked a great deal and we have learned a great many new things about the Eskimos from him. He has mastered the Eskimo language and is now as