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to pull him up because of his weight, augmented considerably by 

 his saturated clothes. They fastened the line and he worked him- 

 self up with their help. 



Monday, June 18th. — Immediately after breakfast Jot and I got 

 away for Littleton and Eider Duck Island in our kayaks, the Eski- 

 mos following in the sailing dory, fifteen of them. Arriving at the 

 island dead low water presented an inaccessible wall of ice, the ice- 

 foot, or collar, as sometimes called. We all camped in Beebe Cache 

 Cove on Littleton Island. While the boys rowed to Polaris winter 

 quarters after our tent, I crossed the island in search of eggs, of 

 which I found only two. 



On the high water we crossed to Eider Duck Island. The ducks 

 were about half through laying, I should judge, as there were in 

 the majority of nests two eggs only. Jot and I together collected 

 325. 



Three nests of the brant (Branta hernicla glaucogastra) were found, 

 two of the nests containing four eggs, and one with six. I also found 

 one good set of glaucous gull's {Larus hyperhoreus) eggs, while two 

 of the Eskimos brought me two sets of two each. 



It was raining, strange to say, during all the time we were on 

 the island. With one tent for seventeen people and with no sleep- 

 ing-bag, I decided to row home while wind, weather, and tide were 

 fair. Reached Etah in three hours. Walked a couple of miles after 

 my dog-team and drove back for the eggs. Got to bed at seven 

 o'clock, twenty-three hours up. 



Saturday, June 23d. — With four of the Eskimos I rowed to the 

 Crystal Palace Cliffs after a load of meat. Returning, we called at 

 Cape Kendrick for eggs of guillemot {Cepphus mandti)^ of which 

 we secured sixteen. 



Exposed nine plates to show breeding locality, and also character- 

 istics of the ice-foot, which seem to be so little understood by 

 geologists. 



My big white dog slipped his harness yesterday and killed a small 

 pup belonging to his aunt, W^hitey. The dispute as to the owner- 

 ship of the child was on when I arrived on the scene with a club. 

 The culprit has had his head and tail down for several hours, w^onder- 

 ing wherein it is a criminal offense to eat good, tender, juicy meat. 



Wednesday, June 27th to Thursday, July 5th. — A wet trip from 

 start to finish, but with good results. 



Seven of us left Etah on the 27th, four in sailing-dory and three 

 in kayaks, for a trip south, with the expectation of getting eggs at 

 Sutherland Island and hopes of killing walrus at Sulwuddy for our 

 hungry dogs. 



