SUNSHINE AND STORM II9 



for a hunt with Annowkah, in Five- Glacier Valley. He took 

 two reindeer sleeping-bags, his full deerskin suit, a sealskin 

 suit, heavy woolen shirts, stockings ad libitnui, a heavy pair 

 of blankets, a tarpaulin, and sundry small articles, besides an 

 Eskimo lamp and blubber, which he proposes to keep burning 

 in the igloo all the time. 



Tuesday, March 22. The last two weeks have been entirely 

 uneventful, our time having been largely occupied in prepara- 

 tions for various hunting-trips and the great inland journey 

 — the fashioning of experimental clothing, making of sledges, 

 etc. The temperature has been steadily rising, but we have 

 had some sharp reminders of an Arctic winter's force ; on the 

 14th, when the sun shone for the first time on the window of 

 our room, the mercury was still —35°. The landscape is now 

 resplendent in its glory, but the beauties of the snow-plain are 

 here wasted on the desert air. Day before yesterday Mr. 

 Peary made a reconnoissance of the ice-cap, traveling about 

 twenty-two miles, and reaching an elevation of 3800 feet; his 

 minimum temperature was —32° as against —25° at Redcliffe. 

 To-morrow he intends to start for Netchiolumy. 



Sunday, April 3. The past week has been a long and anx- 

 ious one for me. Mr. Peary's indisposition last Sunday turned 

 out to be an attack of the grippe, and for two days he was 

 very sick, his fever running up to 103.8. It was accompanied 

 with vomiting, coughing, and violent headache. Tuesday 

 night his temperature went down to normal, and he felt better 

 but weak, and this weakness he fought against w^ith the un- 



