SCHOONER CHANCE 63 



the water coming off the land every hundred yards will not mix 

 with the sea water because it is so very hard. 



After lunch Terry and I went off into the fog with the "Evinrude" 

 running better than ever since its wetting, and made a plankton 

 haul outside in the bay. Oily and Bob succeeded in shooting three 

 very small ducks which could not fly and have no meat anyway. I 

 am becoming a bit skeptical about our hunters. They are best at 

 cleaning guns. 



Woody spent the afternoon drying out his blotters (1000 of 

 them). I helped him repack some plants and passed the rest of the 

 evening reading. 



This is the first time fog has really held us up and everybody more 

 or less considers that we deserve it and so do not mind the delay. 

 However we have been three full days moving twelve miles and the 

 time for starting back is coming all too soon. 



Mt. Bache (2150 ft. high) rises perpendicularly not 200 yards 

 from the schooner. Of course, we can't see it because of the fog but 

 it is queer to know it is so close by. 



Position Anchor in Ekprtidrsoo\ 

 Saturday, August 28th ^ Weather T(ain and fog 



Wind None 



STILL more fog but not quite so thick because of rain. 

 Johnny has begun a most elaborate chart of Nachvak and 

 will hardly stop to eat. Up until now no chart has shown anything 

 above the H. B. Post. Most everybody spent the morning reading 

 and writing. 



We had an early lunch and then got under way with power. The 

 fog (or clouds) hung about 1000 ft. above the water. Except when 

 it rained exceptionally hard we could see about four miles. A little 

 easterly swell was coming in from somewhere and this helped us 



