THE NEW YEAR III 



witness the return of the sun. Gibson and Verhoeff have 

 erected a snow-house on the ice-cap, and Mr. Peary has in- 

 \-ited us all to accompany him to-morrow to the summit, and 

 welcome the reappearing luminary. My head has been aching 

 very badly all day, and I do not feel in condition to spend the 

 night in a snow- hut, so I shall stay at home and keep house. 

 It will be pleasant to exchange the strange daylights we have 

 been having for weeks — daylights without a sun — for the 

 vivifying glow of direct sunlight. 



