--FOREVER 169 Thursday October 22-57 And in the good old way to the mind grounded and marveled my frame walketh of the house until I really feared lest the worst damnell happen. I was awakened by a violent and burst of gusty air, which landed rudely in the midst of a very pleasant dream I was enjoying. And this kite - tragedy book re- curred: The puppies had gotten wild in the night and had crawled into the kite tent. They curled up in the upper cell and managed to sneak from a free stick. Myse [illegible] worth descended upon them. Don't me flew the other kite but alone it did not do well in the gusty wind. About midnight, after considerable listening in future went out + discovered that the kite had driven into the sea. We rescued it without breaking a stick. This was remarkable as in the case of the other one which fell in the water - the only thing we saved was the set of sails and they were rigged in a large flower. The kite became coated with oil immediately upon being taken out of the water and now weighs a ton, more or less. We saw the sun for a few minutes this am just before it set at the end of Cape Alexander + came today? The wind is bitterly cold for walking but I put in 2-1/2 hours struggling up & down in it.