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72
Tuesday Nov. 26, 1913.
A SW wind made it pleasantly warm
and Taul went with me to the thermograph
on the hill. It had run off the scale below
minus 30°. So I left a minimum thermometer
in its place.
After supper a crowd of visitors arrived:
Accamodiywah and his wife Inaloo, daughter
Two-hos-gnah, and a boy Oo-dee who is
the son of Newarginywah's wife. We amused
them with cards and the photographs.
Wednesday Nov. 26, 1913
This morning we went out to the Point.
With the aid of lanterns we excavated the oil
put up in one gallon cans that will be used
on the long trip.
I have worked out a method for computing
the thickness of the ice from the height of the oil in
the two figures which I have just drawn in
the tide gauge log. The method is accurate enough
and it's a great relief to allow the hole
to freeze.
Tonight we have quite a home party
in time for the Thanksgiving celebration:
Dny-oo-nu and Ah-mee-nuy-on-na, Esayonu
and Ah-ma-nu, Shri-ti and his wife Ah-
duh-a-hing-wah and the boy Tear-bo-tea. Shre