Lemdecy. August 22-1897 Dougwall From Whits diary: We put off at 10.30. There is a fair wind and we sail along at a good rate covering 12-13 miles in the next 2-3 hours. Then the wind dies out, and we anchor. Our crew men take hold oars. It is clean and beautiful beyond description. All the land above 1000 ft is covered with snow. The slopes are brownish green where not bare rock and the sea of deep blue. The sun shines quite warmly, but air has an icy cheer, and it froze last night. The hills seem dully covered with the newly fallen snow. But till about 2 p.m. when cold lunch was served in boat. About 3.30 a favorable breeze spring up, sails are spread and soon after we have heavy seas. Boat la- tors heavily and ships considerable water and makes rela- tively slow progress, due in part to the drag of the two at her side and astern. For a while two riggers were loaded in small green boat, the other four lashed topside had swam- ped and were dragging bottom side up. at the end of this line. It is a wonder they did not break or swamp us. I am much alarmed howled and lamented Oh my, Oh my etc. In joining her return drag at Point it was unusually rough, storm and tide against us there was draft from being able to survive it. However we