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leads which they came to. We had plenty of seal 
meat so no attempt was made to do any shooting at 
this time. 
Mr. Anderson, McKinlay and myself checked 
over the three sledge-loads on the nineteenth and 
found everything in readiness for the journey 
which was to begin the next morning. The next 
day, however, the bad weather continued. The 
watchman called me at 4 a. m. and I found a south¬ 
west gale blowing, with a thick snowstorm, so, as 
there was no change in the weather, the mate’s 
party did not leave. In the afternoon the storm 
subsided and by midnight the sky was clear and the 
air calm and cold. 
The next day, Wednesday the twenty-first, con¬ 
ditions were more favorable and the party started. 
In addition to oral instructions about ice condi¬ 
tions and about returning to camp in case he met 
with open water, I gave the mate the following 
written orders: 
Shipwreck Camp, Arctic Ocean, 
January 20, 1914. 
My dear Mr. Anderson: 
You will leave to-morrow morning with Mamen, 
three sledges, 18 dogs, Mr. Barker, Sailors King 
and Brady and the two Eskimo. The sledges are 
loaded with pemmican, biscuit and oil. You will 
find list of articles attached to this. When you 
reach Berry Point, Wrangell Island, you will be 
