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the meat we could conviently handle and reached
the boat. The ice appeared stationary and no
wind, so we decided to return the camp to camp.
After pushing a great number of ice cakes and
hal hauling the boat over the ice once, we
arrived at op the shore lead and was only a-
ble to the about get about 200 yds of the camp.
Cut wood & general duties. (Arrived back at
camp about 2 A.M. Sept. 3.

Sept 3 Saturday

max 37.
min 29
About 4 P.M. the ice seemed from the beach
in a loose condition which would allow us to
reach the walrus abandoned last night. We went
as far as possible with the boat and found that
the meat was still about 1/4 mi. to the S.E. of us. The
sled was brought from shore with no dogs as we
concluded that they would be useless on the numerous
insecure ice cakes that we could be continually
crossing from one large cake to another, on. We reached
the meat without a great deal of trouble as the
ice at the time was stationary. A large number of
sea-gulls and ravens had been at the meat all
night and a large bear had been to within 200 ft.
of the carcasses without going nearer. We loaded
the skin of the large walrus with blubber attached
with a little meat, the whole load weighing
according to my estimation, at least 600 lbs. al-
tho Crawford thinks the weight not as great.