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Peary Arctic Club. I had hoped that Marvin would 

 be able to make a sounding at his farthest north, but 

 there was no young ice near the camp through which 

 a hole could be made. 



About four o'clock in the afternoon Bartlett, with 

 Ooqueah and Karko, two sledges, and eighteen dogs, 

 got away for the advance. Bartlett started off with 

 the determination to bag the 88th parallel in the next 

 five marches (after which he was to turn back), and I 

 sincerely hoped that he would be able to reel off the 

 miles to that point, as he certainly deserved such a 

 record. 



Later I learned that he had intended to cover 

 twenty-five or thirty miles in his first march, which 

 he would have done had conditions not been against 

 him. Though tired with the long march and the day's 

 work in camp, after a short sleep the night before, I 

 was not able to turn in for several hours after Bart- 

 lett got away. There were numerous details which 

 required personal attention. There were letters to 

 write and orders for Marvin to take back, together 

 with his instructions for his projected trip to Cape 

 Jesup. 



The next morning, Friday, March 26, 1 rapped the 

 whole party up at five o'clock, after a good sleep all 

 round. As soon as we had eaten our usual breakfast 

 of pemmican, biscuit, and tea, Henson, Ootah, and 

 Keshingwah, with three sledges and twenty-five dogs, 

 got away on Bartlett's trail. 



Marvin, with Kudlooktoo and "Harrigan," one 

 sledge, and seventeen dogs, started south at half -past 

 nine in the morning. 



