inside your snow igloos and bolted for the door but Go Fish also caught him and threw him back into our bed. He is now tied with a string to our front yard to the third quarter of a mile—off. Bright sunshine and warmth 22 below. We are taking advantage of this by placing everything in the sun to dry. Our dogs have had a good feed and a day's rest. Before we left, the sound looks as smooth as a well, so we should cover a good distance tomorrow. Friday March 27th 17th day A perfect day and perfect going enabling us to cover at least 25 miles. The whole sound has been swept by a strong northerly wind that the smooth surface of the new ice is covered with an inch layer of hard