DAILY BILL OF FARE 253 



this did not last long; he soon avenged himself on the 

 other, knowing that he could tackle him with safety. 



In order to give a picture of our life as it was at this 

 time, I will quote a day from my diary. March 25 

 Saturday: "Beautiful mild weather, + 6'8 F. all day. 

 Very light breeze from the south-east. Our seal- 

 hunters the party that came home from 81 S. were 

 out this morning, and brought back three seals. This 

 makes sixty-two seals altogether since their return on 

 March 11. We have now quite enough fresh meat both 

 for ourselves and for all our dogs. We get to like seal- 

 steak more and more every day. We should all be 

 glad to eat it at every meal, but we think it safer to 

 make a little variety. For breakfast eight o'clock 

 we now have regularly hot cakes with jam, and 

 Lindstrom knows how to prepare them in a way that 

 could not be surpassed in the best American houses. 

 In addition, we have bread, butter, cheese, and coffee. 

 For dinner we mostly have seal meat (we introduced 

 rather more tinned meat into the menu in the course of 

 the winter) , and sweets in the form of tinned Calif ornian 

 fruit, tarts, and tinned puddings. For supper, seal- 

 steak, with whortleberry jam, cheese, bread, butter, and 

 coffee. Every Saturday evening a glass of toddy and a 

 cigar. I must frankly confess that I have never lived 

 so well. And the consequence is that we are all in the 

 best of health, and I feel certain that the whole enter- 

 prise will be crowned with success. 



