IN CAMP ON THE MALIGIAKFJORD 



The insect pest is found very trying especially 

 by those who are without experience in the Cana- 

 dian wilderness. Both because he is more easily 

 poisoned by the mosquitoes and because his deft 

 manipulation of instruments does not permit of 

 the regular use of gloves, Fergusson suffers most, 

 and his hands are almost constantly swollen to 

 surprising proportions. We soon find that if we 

 are to eat our meals in comfort, we must protect 

 ourselves by wearing our head-nets throughout. 

 No one of us would think of leaving camp unpro- 

 tected with a head-net. 



So soon as the camp had been organized and 

 everything made snug for possible nasty weather, 

 Gould and Church on the eighth with some help 

 from Belknap and the Director began the con- 

 struction of our hut in which the instrmiients and 

 more perishable supplies are to be protected. 'No 

 lumber is obtainable in Greenland and the building 

 materials have all been brought with us on the 

 Morrissey. From 2x4 studding a frame eight 

 feet square on the ground and eight feet high on 

 the front sloping down to four at the back 

 was put together. This frame was then boarded 

 in, roofed and in part protected on the sides by 

 malthoid paper. In the meantime several recon- 

 naissance trips have been made by small parties 



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