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to the ship. The two men came in a few hours later, 

 and I turned in, glad to feel that I did not have to travel 

 the next day. Friday morning the two men went back 

 for the other things. In the afternoon the fine weather 

 ceased, and it began to rain, changing to snow. 



The ice- foot now was a broad, deep lake; the floe- 

 bergs, which lined the bank during the winter, were 

 gone except one or two, and their places taken by 

 others; at each ebb-tide there was a good bit of open 

 water outside them, but beyond this the pack was 

 apparently unbroken. The shore was not attractive, 

 strewn as it was with empty cans and refuse. 



Saturday morning I started with Sigloo for the 

 Roosevelt, lying below Cape Union. 



It was very foggy, and raining a little at the time, 

 but Sigloo was positive he knew the trail. 



At the end of eight hours he was completely tangled 

 up; and as we were only about halfway to the ship, 

 and I did not care to be tramping all night with my 

 feet already severely bruised and pounded by the rocks, 

 I took a direct course back to the tent, showing Sigloo 

 the way to the ice-foot, which he would rather follow 

 to the Roosevelt than go back. At midnight I was 

 back to the tent with my feet almost useless. (Sigloo 

 reached the Roosevelt at eight the next morning.) 

 My men had come in with the sledge and things. 



The rain and snow continued. About 8 a. m. Sun- 

 day Ooblooyah and Ahwegingwah started for the 

 Roosevelt ; between twelve and one, eight Eskimos came 

 in, in response to my message by Sigloo to the Captain, 

 and at 7 p. M. I started again, this time with Pewahto, 

 an older man than Sigloo, leaving Marvin with the 



