8o MY ARCTIC JOURNAL 



any worse for the trip, but was considerably more swollen at 

 night. Frank to-day for the first time behaved very well 

 in hauling ice. 



Sunday, November 15. This has been a lovely day. How 

 much I should like to take a peep at the home folks! To-night 

 we have had the eclipse of the moon. It was first noticed 

 about 7.30, and Mr. Peary watched it carefully, making ob- 

 servations with his transit and chronometer. About nine 

 o'clock Arrotochsuah arrived from Netchiolumy,^ on Barden 

 Bay, accompanied by one of his sons and another young man. 

 The first we immediately nicknamed the " Smiler," and the 

 other the " Villain," owing to the expressions on their faces. 



Tuesday, November 17. Yesterday was an exceptionally 

 fine day, beautifully moonlit. The "Villain" of Netchiolumy 

 has a sledge made of the boards which Dr. Cook traded for a 

 tupic when the "Kite" stopped at the settlement in July. 

 This morning Ikwa introduced a rather clean-looking native 

 from Omanooy, a place this side of Akpani, on Saunders 

 Island; his name is Kioppadu. Our sewing progresses slowly, 

 Arrotochsuah's wife, whom we had installed as seamstress, 

 being too old to prepare the skins by the time-honored native 

 method of chewing. Matt got supper to-night, and will from 

 now until May i prepare all the meals under my super- 

 vision. This gives me more time to myself, besides not con- 

 fining me to the house. It was no easy task for me to cook 

 for six boys, and for such appetites. 



1 Erroneously called by most geographers Ittiblu. 



