FOREVER. 223 Tuesday December 10, 1914. Calm, clear. Aurora 3-4 PM. -4° F. -20° Today was very pleasant except that it was only black x In the shifting of the wind (W E tonight) there came a calm which lasted almost all day long. Where there is no wind we seem to get the low temperatures which prevail down Littleton Island and Aurora. As soon as the wind breathes upon us we shine more but the thermometer always rises. Indeed the formation of auroral seems quite independent of the temperature. I tackled my snow house again today. I got along fairly easily and even succeeded in hanging a few blocks almost in mid air as do the skilful natives. When I had gotten well along I filled the house with blocks for the final layers, With magnificent awkwardness I climbed over a low place in the wall and man- aged to stumble against a 'hanging' block and down it came carrying several others with it. It is my immoral custom I assure is a conventional tone and proceeded to start to begin to build it up again. I think that snow house has an aesthetic value be- yond its overpowering beauty of structure in that it affords material for many lines in this 'tepus' diarrhoea diary I mean - of mine x. We could have had beans today but we did not! Consequently we are not so sleepy this evening. The red steller jays is starving in our front yard. I think if she Fletchurged she might get along on a little as we quite