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berg, accompanied by Mr. Peary and my two Newfoundland 

 dogs, after a load of ice. It is rather a novel idea to me, 

 chopping ice from the stately icebergs and melting it for 

 drinking and cooking purposes. 



Thursday, November 26. Thanksgiving day, and all work 

 is suspended. Before lunch I went down to Cape Cleveland 

 with Mr. Peary to see how much daylight still remains 

 toward the south. The sky was tinged with rose near the 

 southern horizon, and the moon was just coming up from 

 behind Northumberland Island. How strange it is that while 

 we have no sunlight whatever, we know that at home they 

 are having day and night just as usual ! The temperature 

 was i2i/° F. Dinner was served at 7 P. M. All the boys 

 wore American clothing, and the room was draped with the 

 Stars and Stripes. 



