In the evening our men brought in the carcasses of seven reindeer which two hunters had shot yesterday and the women commenced drying the meat for our journey.

We also obtained a good supply of fish from our nets today.
A heavy rain on the 23rd prevented the men from working either at the building or going for meat; but on the next day the weather was fine and they renewed their labours.

The thermometer that day did not rise higher than 42 degrees and it fell to 31 degrees before midnight.

On the morning of the 25th we were surprised by some early symptoms of the approach of winter; the small pools were frozen over and a flock of geese passed to the southward.

In the afternoon however a fog came on which afterwards changed into rain and the ice quickly disappeared.