that this game was different from the one I was accustomed to, so I did not propose taking a part. Each hand about 16 men and color being a hard thing to distinguish amongst the dirt and semi darkness the men were square or round, the board had more squares than round to accomodate the larger number of men. There were no kings or kingroar but the want that all the men jumpman backwards or any old way from the stead. About dusk Mr. Cannell arrived with all the stuff. He had had some difficulty finding the cache, leaving it on the way down, and gone by at two mains. It will make quite a deal and Mr. Cannell makes the fort in one day from her route not start until daylight, and then can easily make our cache more than halfway to the fort in time to camp before dusk. Jan 16. Left at daylight with our load which was increased both in size and weight by the two frozen lymnes which the old man had prepared on Mr. Cannell's train both for [illegible] found the morning card and my note was proven before long thus adding considerably to the area of my pass which was then affected. We had down in a shelter spot among some shrubs, and then went on. Saw many fresh mule tracks, were even in came down. Saw almost no birds on reached our cache opposite. To three Islands some time before dark and gathered a good quantity of wood before dark. We put up a canvas shelter and made them as comfortable as possible this and after sitting by the fire several hours went to bed. The night was Cold, an afternoon's gain it had gone down to 17 below and we had waked up about 3 o'clock and made a fort as soon as it was light it began to be light. We started. Had been at Martin River and then struck across the big bottom to the Fort Island. There we had difficulty in following the trail as it had been almost com- pletely obliterated. We made good time however and reached the fort just as drum was being served.