Saturday April 18th 4th - 39th day Lead froze during the night- enabling us to cross all right- this morning. Two of my dogs broke through giving me warning to stop the Romatik in time. Came out- on a long hard stretch which we covered rapidly. Began to- think that- the devil had forgotten us when we bumped right up against him in the shape of another lead stretching around the world. I could plainly see that- the Eskimos were a bit- discouraged so I walked to the southward and found where it was crushing together at a point- about- as wide as a sledge. Setting over this we got into- the roughest ice and hardest- work we have had. Came through covered with sweat- on to another good piece of ice. Came along well. Pip to this point where we are in camp facing another