38 THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE KARLUK 
struments. Except for some especial reason, the 
Eskimo woman Keruk should be kept sewing boots 
of the winter sea-ice type—deer legs, using ugsug 
soles. 
It is likely that we shall be back to the ship in 
ten days, if no accident happens. 
Y. Stefansson. 
Stefansson and his party got away at half past one 
in the afternoon on September 20. The next day 
we began preparations for the departure of Mamen 
and Malloch, to carry out Stefansson’s instruc¬ 
tions, making a tent on the sewing-machine and 
getting started on the fur clothing, of which we had 
not made any up to this time. This was “tobacco 
day, 95 which at this time came once a month, when 
the allowance of a pound per man was given out, 
but which later on we changed to come around 
every twenty-two days. 
As the ship was stationary in the ice I suggested 
to Murray that this would be a good time to rig up 
a tidal gauge; he took kindly to the suggestion and 
made preparations to carry it out. The day be¬ 
fore, McKinlay had added to our equipment an 
anemometer for measuring the velocity of the wind, 
putting it up aloft on the edge of the crow’s nest, 
where the wind blew, if anywhere; the wires ran 
down the mast and along the deck to McKinlay’s 
room where he had the indicator. 
