My own physical condition, however, remained perfect during the rest of our stay in the north, with the exception of a bad tooth from which I suffered more or less torture during a space of three weeks.
[Illustration: PEARY CAIRN AT CAPE MORRIS K.JESUP, AS PHOTOGRAPHED BY MACMILLAN AND BORUP] This was the first time in all my arctic expeditions that I had been at headquarters through May and June.

Hitherto there had always seemed to be something more to be done in the field; but now the principal work was completed, and it remained only to arrange the results.

In the meantime the energies of the Eskimos were largely employed in short journeys in the neighborhood, most of them for the purpose of visiting the various supply depots established between the ship and Cape Columbia and removing their unused supplies to the ship.

Between them these various small expeditions did some interesting work.

Most of this supplementary work in the field was accomplished by other members of the expedition, but I had plenty of work on board the _Roosevelt_.