Dear Emma, The whale crumble down so that there are long talus slopes. A little of the island ice could be seen in one place. The vegetation here is far more profuse than on Baffin Land. Upon the whole it looks much like that mentioned but far more tall and abundant. The day is cloudy. We pass one of the Canist brig about 4 P.M. mourning guns. We leave Irelhane about 11:15 P.M. We salute A.A. Roberts 200 E. 57 St. N.Y. City tanner for arctic oils. At 7 P.M. we pass I'Kandser, the position of this place is correct according to Nordenskiold map. At 11:30 P.M. we arrive at Atanerklerk and proceed at once to take more than one half of our provisions to shore. There we place it in one pile cover it with a tarpolin and nail on the top an improvised flag made of tent cloth upon which we painted U.S. Just as we finished our work ashore we heard loud uproar as if cannonading when Lt. Peary advised all to get aboard at once. The cause of all the noise and excitement was due to an iceberg breaking off great masses followed by some.