Thursday December 31, 1914 Clear with light NE wind - 12° Tat and Doboyah have gone away again having returned the first time when they were held up by open water at Sudhwadi. Pamlipak is planning to go all the way to Manga Looksoah with them and perhaps on to Coomoo from there. He wants Tat to go to Manga looksoah to find out as much as he can about their methods of catching sharks. Walrus have been very scarce down here this year and the large fish are said to have caused a great many of the losses. The walrus hunting at Peteranik has so far amounted to almost nothing on account of the open water. Last year we went six or eight miles out on the ice down there and were able to get at walrus in several places. These people seem to be more or less on the ragged edge of starvation at all times and when they do have money they are so uneconomical that there is never any provision made for the future. Bipru is almost the only man I know who is really thrifty and tries to plan ahead for his family. He has quite a large family and this rmporous appearance is good evidence of his provident nature. This year has gone. I am neither glad nor sorry. This darkness brings a kind of apathy which blankets any delicacy of motion.