1914] WORK AT BORUP LODGE in 



at the base of the big hills over which the wind flowed 

 from the heights of the 10,000-foot ice-cap of Green- 

 land, were influenced considerably by adiabatic heating. 



On June 27th all our Eskimos arrived from the region 

 of the Humboldt Glacier, bringing with them four polar 

 bears. As his contribution, Ak-pood-a-shah-o presented 

 me with a long-tailed jaeger w^hich he had caught in his 

 hand by reaching up over the edge of the ice-foot as 

 it was feeding! Considering how alert the bird is, this 

 was indeed a remarkable feat. Oo-bloo-ya brought the 

 egg of an ivory gull; although broken, it was highly 

 prized as being the only one in our collection. 



But the best gift of all was brought back by Ah-now- 

 ka — a yellow, faded record of the Elisha Kent Kane 

 Expedition of sixty-one years before, bearing the date 

 of August 24, 1853. Referring to his book, we find 

 that on this day the little brig Advance was being 

 tracked along the ice-foot on her way north. On 

 August 23d Doctor Kane sent out "Messrs. Wilson, 

 Petersen, and Bonsall to inspect a harbor which seems 

 to lie between a small island and a valley that forms 

 the inner slope of our bay." The name of Bonsall could 

 be deciphered, w^hich would indicate that the record 

 w^as placed there by this party. 



A few days later, Ak-pood-a-shala-o, not to be out- 

 done by his nephew, Ah-now-ka, placed in my hands 

 two very valuable records of Doctor Kane, an old cap- 

 lining and a sheet of heavy paper on which was cut 

 with the point of a knife: "All well. Kane. Aug. 29, 

 '53. Gone south. 78° 40^" Across the bottom of the 

 paper can be deciphered with difiiculty a large "Kane," 

 which might have been made with a pointed stick or 

 the point of a bullet. 



