patches of ice - Dogs are in excellent condition, jumping, playing and titing each other as little pups. "So fair and free a day I have not seen" might be quoted as regards the weather. Bright sunshin, falling snow, no wind, and drifts have alternated through- out the day. Wind blowing a 5 from S.W. Have walked tent with blocks of snow in anticipation of & another such spell as I've experienced before. My whole hand is now swollen, have chills and bad headache - shall be all right tomorrow. What a strange place to- be in to be reading "By the Fireside" of "Sarmson" by Jacob London,- in the middle of Smith Sound, north east of Cape Sabine, Latitude 78°45' Under such conditions, viz., lying in a tent with three Eskimos of the most northern tribe in the world, eating real meat, drinking dog's day after day, curling on t-