ides.

Many lakes, frozen over, were seen, several of which were fairly large.
Altogether, the topography is similar to that of the northern end.

In an endeavour to improve the evening fare, a sweet broth consisting
of biscuit, milk, jam and sugar was tried but it was not a success;
Hamilton remarking that "even Blake had only one helping." On the
following morning they started for the Shack and chose the route on the
hilltops, as the ground was frozen hard; and, though there were frequent
snow-drifts into which they floundered occasionally, the surface for
travelling was much better than along the coast.

Hamilton slipped and hurt his ankle on the trip, and the boots of both
were just about worn out. They apprehended no difficulty in completing
their prospective work. Blake pointed out that the chart of the island
shows Lusitania Bay as being rather a large indentation, whereas in
reality it is almost a straight stretch of coast.

An earthquake shock was felt at 9.15 P.M. on the 27th. I was sitting in
the Shack writing up records at the time, and it seemed as if somebody
had struck the south-west end of the place a severe blow with a bag of
sand. Immediately afterwards a crashing sound, apparently some distance
away on the eastern side, indicated that some rocks on the cliff-front
had been dislodged.

Much rough weather was experienced during the month, and it rained,
hailed and snowed on twenty-five days. The wind attained moderate to
fresh gale-force on six days, and fog and mist were almost invariable.
The lowest temperature recorded was 32.7 degrees F.

The average relative humidity for the four months ending April 30 was 93
per cent., leading to copious condensation on the instruments exposed
to the air. It was necessary, therefore, constantly to attend and
frequently clean the thermographs, hygrometers and the wireless plant.
In the case of the latter, loss of power occurred in the form of "brush
discharge," and Sawyer had to take great care in order to guard against
this accident. He shellacked the condensers and other exposed parts and
found the proceeding rather effective. I noticed that the drifting snow
and misty rain managed to get down the opening leading to the liquid
surface of the anemobiagraph, thus altering the zero of the recording
apparatus. When this happened the instrument had to be dismantled and
set right.

We found it necessary to use sea elephant blubber in the stove in order
to warm