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in clouds so thick that at times we could not see the tide- 

 gage, a hundred yards distant. My thoughts have been 

 continually with the little party on the ice. I know who will 

 ha\e the worst time, who will have to look out for everything, 

 and it worries me because I know he is not as well as he ought 

 to be. Everything around Redcliffe is hidden in the snow- 

 drifts, and the snow has been coming in under the canvas until 

 we have three feet of it in front of our door inside the in- 

 closure, in spite of Matt's blocking all the openings in the 

 walls. With Matt's help the range anci lockers were moved 

 out of my room to-day, and we found the wall and floor cov- 

 ered with ice. I knocked off as much as I could, and removed 

 the cardboard from the floor, and to-night the blanket and 

 carpet at that end of the room have thawed and are dripping 

 wet. This evening Kyo wanted to know if we would permit 

 him to go with us beyond Cape York, to where the other 

 Eskimos live (Upernavik, or Disko). I told him he could ; 

 then he wanted to know if I would draw a map of Greenland, 

 and mark our route upon it. He seemed to understand, and 

 was pleased to know that he could go. 



Wednesday, May ii. A beautiful day. The drifts are 

 hard as marble. Matt shoveled the snow out of the entrance, 

 and we once more opened our windows. The drip irom the 

 roof has forced us to remove all the snow and ice, and we are 

 thus recovering our non-wintry appearance. 



Eriday, May 13. Contrary to all expectations, last night 

 and to-dav have been warm and bright. All the huskies 



