Leaving the forward door of my cabin open into the galley a part of the time, kept my cabin comfortably warm.

Bartlett occasionally had a fire in his cabin, and the other members of the expedition sometimes lighted their oil-stoves.
On the first of November we adopted the winter schedule of two meals a day, breakfast at nine, dinner at four.

This is the weekly bill of fare which Percy, the steward, and I made out and which was followed throughout the winter: Monday.

_Breakfast_: Cereal.

Beans and brown bread.Butter.