BSY_FB_28-029

January Sunday 29 1905

Umm idj-Djimâl 9:00 A.M. Temp 39 1/2 ° Baro. S 27.25 " L 27.60

Clear # 3 Breeze E.S.E.

1/4 " ice at night

I have been printing my note instead of writing them in script because
it is easier for me, as most of my writing is done in a temperature of from
25 ° to 40 °F. and my hands are stiff with cold, besides being frost -
bitten. My pen is generally handled with gloves on.

My feet have also been frost-bitten, and I have suffered terribly
with chill blains ever since Dec. 4th.

Our water at this place is very bad, greenish yellow in color like
Absynthe. It is taken from little pools in dry wadis. We have exhausted
several of these pools and now go two hours to the S.E. to the Wadi
Arkib where there is plenty of water along the river in pools - The river
is not now flowing but evidently has been.