VI CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



PACK 



Increase of Temperature. New Year's Day. Cold Periods. 

 Death of George Harriss. Remarks on Scurvy. Prismatic 

 Cross. Dead Men's Effects and Wills. Cracks in Grounded 

 Ice. Rise of Water. Death of Isaac Burnett. Extreme con- 

 tinuous Cold. Racing. Condensers. Similar Temperatures. 

 Re-appearance of the Sun. -Preparations for Travelling. 

 Instructions to Richards and Kellett . .... 87 



CHAPTER V. 



Land reached. Ice-gauge placed. Ice Table. Second Sledges 

 leave. Observations on Thermometers. Absence of North 

 and South Winds. A Clever Wolf. Wines frozen. Capture 

 of a Fox. Undue Cold. Indications of the Season. A Hare 

 shot. Arrival of Lieutenant Hamilton. Establishment of 

 Caches. Captain Kellett's Proceedings. Return of M'Clin- 

 tock. Abundance of Game. Position of ' Investigator' and 

 'Resolute.' Insecurity. Communication impracticable. Al- 

 lotment of Crews. Health of Crews. Deaths 121 



CHAPTER VI. 



Dangers of Autumn. Recovery of 'Investigator's' crew. List 

 of Game. Food, but not Fuel. Rain at Melville Island. 

 M. de Bray. Mean Monthly Temperature. State of the Ice. 

 Increase of Sea Temperature. Shock of the Ice. Arrival of 

 M'Clintock. Correspondence on Abandonment. Force de- 

 voted to Assistance. Return of Shooting Party.- Extreme 

 Cold beneath the Snow. Experiments on Snow Covering. 

 Establish four Posts for Sledges . 149 



CHAPTER VII. 



Lifting of the Ship. Lateral Compression. Freezing in Bot- 

 tles. Snow Thermometers. Rise and Fall of Water. Blast- 

 ing. Flight of Birds. Letter to Captain Kellett. Proceed- 

 ings of Lieutenant. Mecham. Captain Collinson's Records. 

 Dealy Island. Beechey Isla'nd. Proceedings of Lieutenant 

 Hamilton. Irregularity of Tides. Land Springs. Remunera- 

 tion of Crews. Orders . 177 



