66 Tue Dec 9-13. Rather quiet in camp today. Mac brought over some stray dog-biscuit boxes from along the shore. Jack and Ek went up the hill to read the thermometer, - finding the minimum for the past week to be 25 below zero. Peswakt brought in his kumak to repair it, - he had broken a cross-pier on the rough ice in the sound. I went to bed early. Jack has his whiskers trimmed like a butter now. Friday Dec 26th 1913. I have been sick since the tenth. Something happened to my kidneys and Doc was away visiting and neither I nor anyone here knew what was wrong or what should be done. Doc finally arrived, after having travelled all day and all night, and he soon had me on the road to recovery. While I was sick several interesting things happened. Green and Ek with a party of five Eskimo's went across Smith Sound and placed a large cache on the north point of Cape Rutherford. They had quite a successful, though rough trip, and had the good fortune to get five bears, - two big and three little ones. Both Green and Ek are anxious to make another trip. They