(9) years that I have slept out, I think that the last previous time was on Mt Pele' in 1903, when I suffered much more from the cold than I did last night, in that I was not at all cold but right, be- ing much more comfortable than I was in Magnus's igloo its night before. Had coffee and biscuit for breakfast and got away from camp at 7 o'clock - a beautiful day. We headed up the little bay and had come overland to Ma- lignite, the wayfarers' hut opposite the black headland called Sixteen Mile. An easy ride + an interesting change in the scenery. We came at a pretty good pace and I need not have gotten off- the kahmsoftik at all but I did get off for the shortest part of the ascent to the first divide - far that me to get on again. This is the region where snow is going too thick for riding on the return. We crossed some old track. Divide is 400-500 ft above sea. Reached hut at 1:30 p. glad we did not take the 6 1/2 hr ride yesterday morn- ing. It would have been hard + the tree wind had been the opening up of the hush kinds, which later came on account of drifted snow of interior forest. It was glad of my koolies for 2 hrs this morning. Cometly started night after a meal.