railway conductor during the last week in May.

In the meantime I had devoted myself to the selection and purchase of
our instruments and general outfit. Everything must be purchased in
advance--from canoes to repair kit--as my former experience in
Labrador had taught me. It may be of interest to mention the most
important items of outfit and the food supply with which we were
provided: Two canvas-covered canoes, one nineteen and one eighteen
feet in length; one seven by nine "A" tent, made of waterproof
"balloon" silk; one tarpaulin, seven by nine feet; folding tent stove
and pipe; two tracking lines; three small axes; cooking outfit, con-
sisting of two frying pans, one mixing pan and three aluminum kettles;
an aluminum plate, cup and spoon for each man; one .33 caliber high-
power Winchester rifle and two 44-40 Winchester carbines (only one of
these carbines was taken with us from New York, and this was intended
as a reserve gun in case the party should separate and return by
different routes. The other was one used by Stanton when previously
in Labrador, and taken by him in addition to the regular outfit). One
double barrel 12-gauge shotgun; two ten-inch barrel single shot .22
caliber pistols for partridges and small game; ammunition; tumplines;
three fishing rods and tackle, including trolling outfits; one three
and one-half inch gill net; repair kit, including necessary material
for patching canoes, clothing, etc.; matches, and a medicine kit.

The following instruments were also carried: Three minimum registering
thermometers; one aneroid barometer which was tested and set for me by
the United States Weather Bureau; one clinometer; one pocket transit;
three compasses; one pedometer; one taffrail log; one pair binoculars;
three No. 3A folding pocket Kodaks, sixty rolls of films, each roll
sealed in a tin can and waterproofed, and six "Vanguard" watches