AN IMPROVISh',!) S'I'OVl': 
arc all tfivinii; out vvilh this i(nii>li walLmr;, ami \vc dare 
not usr our riimcsko, hut iuu;a keep I luan lor ;;prini; 
sU'di^iUi;. Our Icct arc *H'tlni!'; vcrx' I ici] luai 1 1 \' lio.'.t- 
bit ton anti arr hciMun uii> to led it I lie ( irru la t ion 
nii^lil Ihtoiuc [xa innncnl ly nijurcJ. 
A [niU). Wiirincr l(t tiay. VVf saw a sni.ill seal on 
a (lor I ml were unaMc to ic.'uh liiui. 'I'Ik- hay remains 
open still. On the still Jays a thin film ol ice lorni;., 
hut hlovvs out as soon as (he winil (ome:; up. lu thes.e 
early clays, helore we IkuI perhutej uur (ookuij; and 
messing arram^^enuails., a sMt-al pari ot our day was taken 
up with eookmr; and prepaiiii!; ihe hiod, hul lalta <ui 
W(' i^ol nsetl to I he ways ol a hluhhei" sanve, and ihnii's 
went more smoothly. We had kiudeil all our s.parc 
parallni irom I he 'diip, and thi:-. j-ave u:; eiiourh od to u^■.e 
the primu:^ lor hreaktaiU, pi(tvided we melled the i<*C 
ovei" ihe hluhher lire ihe day heloi'e. The hluhlnU' stove 
was nrule ol an old od tin ( ill down. lu ihis. we put 
some old seal hone:; lalceu liom the ear(a;;es we toumi 
on the hea( h . A pie( c ( )l hluhher skewered i iii I ( > ;i 
marline ;;p!ke and held over tlie Hame dtippeil (ul on (he 
hones autl led the lire. lu this, way we (onid eook hoo;;h 
nearly as tpiirkly as we could on th<' primn:!. ()l cou!";ie 
the stove tool-: :;cveral we(d<s ol e >: pe ri men I m j-; lieloic It 
reached I Ids sat ish'u l ory ;a ah-. Wi I h c( rl am vviiuk; we 
were neaily chok-ed wilh a hla( I: mlv smolvc thai hurt 
our eyes and hroiijdit on mu< li the same iiympl'-ms a:; 
accompany snow-hliudness. 
tak'e ii in liiru.'; to he (ool^: and mr!;:anaii, woi|.;inj' 
in pairs: Ahhoti and I, Lcvudc and drowning, Piiestlcy 
