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E. Sayres and all - we
who left Etah yesterday,
camping over on the way.
From the foot of the river
valley we went across country
over rocks, boulders, sand
and a little down to the
ice cap.
Darkness and a mist
compelled us to come about
6 o'clock. It was certainly
picturesque. Two fat fires
in the shelter of walls of
snow-blocks threw out long
shadows of dogs, sledges, and
men, women, and children,
all busy unfastening and
getting up the three tents.
When the tents were illuminated
and grimus elves going full
blast with the project of
a hot supper the long hard
rocky climb was forgotten.
Supper over it was
surprise young and old
engaged in a game,
blind man's buff! O blind man's
Buff on the Greenland icecap
in the dark, with temperature