132 THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE KARLUK 
Here they could not find a heavy enough floe to 
build a cache on so they had returned and put off 
the load at the fourth camp, which was on a large 
heavy floe, an ideal place for a cache. 
Munro left camp again early on the morning of 
the eleventh, with Malloch, four dogs, seven cases 
of pemmican, a camping outfit and food for seven 
days. They were to go beyond the fifth camp and 
leave the pemmican at the best place they could 
find. The temperature was 38 degrees below zero, 
the weather fine and clear. 
The next day, however, was dull and cloudy, 
with a fresh northeast wind and a falling barom¬ 
eter. It looked as if our fine weather would soon 
be over and I feared that the different parties out 
on the trail would be storm-bound. Towards 
night the wind came on strong east, and continued 
so through the following day; I was sorry to 
see this for we should be set towards the west if it 
continued. The next day, however, was a beauti¬ 
ful day; the air was clear and frosty, with little or 
no wind. The land was distinctly visible and I 
thought I could see Wrangell Island to the south¬ 
west. It was St. Valentine’s Day and Bob, the 
cook, sent two of the men valentines of soup adver¬ 
tisements. 
About noon the chief engineer and Malloch came 
in. They were in a sorry condition. They had 
