AT ETAH 
mander, and Mr. Whitney has agreed to help 
Murphy and Billy to guard it. 
Mr. Harry Whitney is one of the party of 
men who came here on the Erik to hunt in this 
region, and he has decided to stay here at Etah 
for the winter and wait for a ship to take him 
out next summer. The other two members of 
the hunting-party, Mr. Earned and Mr. Nor- 
ton, returned on the Erik, If Mr. Whitney 
had asked me my advice, I would not have 
suggested that he remain, because, although he 
has a fine equipment, there will not be much 
sport in his experience, and there will be a 
great deal of roughness. He will have to be- 
come like the Esquimos and they will be prac- 
tically his only companions. However, Mr. 
Whitney has had a talk with the Commander 
in the cabin of the Roosevelt, and the Com- 
mander has given his consent and best wishes. 
Mr. Whitney's supplies have been unloaded 
and some additions from the Erik made, and 
there is no reason to fear for his safety. 
August 8, 1908: My forty-second birth- 
day. I have not mentioned it to any one, and 
there's only one other besides myself who 
knows that to-day I am twice three times seven 
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