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and in making a trip to Conger and I would go west 

 and endeavour to fill in the unknown gap in the Grant 

 Land Coast, between Aldrich's and Sverdrup's 

 "farthest." There were just dogs enough for this 

 programme. Forty odd out of 120 had survived the 

 spring campaign. 



The change to the ship was so great after our months 

 of roughing it, that I found it impossible to sleep more 

 than a few hours at a time, and I had some trouble 

 in controlling my appetite, but compromised by eating 

 frequently and lightly. 



My feet and legs swelled in a way that might have 

 troubled a novice, but having been through it all 

 before, I did not give myself any worry. Henson, 

 and particularly Clark, were a good deal disturbed by 

 theirs. 



The preparation for the western trip gave me little 

 trouble. I had worked out the complete list of sup- 

 plies, equipment, etc., while tramping mechanically 

 along the Greenland coast, and had jotted the items down 

 while in camp, so now I had simply to give my instruc- 

 tions for such and such things to be made and assembled. 



I left the Roosevelt about noon of June 2d with Marvin, 

 Murphy the 'Bo'sun,' Koolootingwah, Egingwah, Oob- 

 looyah, Tungwee, "Teddy," and Koodlooktoo, with 

 six sledges and thirty-nine dogs. The weather was 

 thick, warm and oppressive, and we were four and one- 

 half hours working through soft snow, four to six 

 inches deep, to Williams Island in Black Cliffs Bay. 

 Here the Primus stoves, which I took on this trip as 

 an experiment, refused to burn, and I sent Koodlooktoo 

 back to the ship for others. 



