We are off Cape Melville Later. After tramping about for sometime part of the time on snowshoes and part of the time K came in and announced that we would go on tomorrow by repeating marches, that is that he and the others would go forward with part of the load, leaving me and the dry food here and returning her to sleep Tomorrow night. The following day we would go forward again the rest of the load (and me) thus being able to ride. He thinks that I can't walk very well and that the snow is too deep for much riding - Well I asked K. R. at Dinner, to impress upon Ko. Kostengway the idea that I was not to walk any. The first step yester- day was a rather hard one, for the snowshoes do not fit well over my Kamikepukes and I had my box latch on - was altogether too warmly dressed. The second time I left my keorish on to kamikute and got along better, wearing my blanket shirt. Koostengway thinks now that a shirt is the proper convenance for me across Melville Bay. Per- hope he is right and I shouldn't not to have undertaken this journey but I don't want to give it up yet! We are 1/3 way across now