Thursday October 15-1914 And still it blows! (sixteenth round) And if it will only keep on blowing in this direction for a day or two longer we shall be able to get into the house at 2.30 or the ice x The big sheet has been solid for two days now and the temperature is hovering around zero. Jerome is running the engine charging the batteries x His new piping in the hatch is work- ing in good shape and he is very pleased that in order to start he has only to put in one bucket of water x The tank is always nearly full of ice so that when the hot water comes out it melts a fresh supply. Our couch and the rest of the house are covered with a frost from the exhaust x The sunsets are beautiful these days. I am glad to have the sun go just to show all of this brilliant afternoon that mark its de- parture x The comet seems larger and brighter x It must be approaching the earth x I have been busy all day trying to un- load some of the extensive correspondence that must be answered.