Latitude at noon, March 25, 86 deg.

38' north.
Distance made good in three marches, fifty minutes of latitude, an average of sixteen and two-thirds nautical miles per march.

The weather is fine, going good and improving each day.
"ROSS G.MARVIN, "_College of Civil Engineering_, _Cornell University_." With a sad heart I went to my cabin on the _Roosevelt_.

Notwithstanding the good fortune with which we had accomplished the return, the death of Marvin emphasized the danger to which we had all been subjected, for there was not one of us but had been in the water of a lead at some time during the journey.
Despite the mental depression that resulted from this terrible news about poor Marvin, for twenty-four hours after my return I felt physically as fit as ever and ready to hit the trail again if necessary.
But at the end of twenty-four hours the reaction came, and it came with a bump.

It was, of course, the inevitable result of complete change of diet and atmosphere, and the substitution of inaction in place of incessant effort.