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APPETITE AFFECTED. 



[November, 



the floe cracking near the ship's sides, are far from aiding 

 our slumbers, which on this second winter we find some- 

 what impaired. In addition to this, the appetite is almost 

 wanting, wine is not appreciated, and it would require 

 infinite labour to afford even Monsieur Soyer definite in- 

 structions as to what would be palatable. Yet eat and 

 drink we must, in order to sustain nature, and prevent 

 our falling so far behind as to render recovery of strength 

 even doubtful. 



November 20. I shall now recur to our fitting for 

 winter, warming operations, etc. The system, in so far 

 as our experience affords a drier condition of the lower 

 deck, appears to answer completely, considering the re- 

 stricted means at our command. But our experiments 

 with imperfect fittings remind me much of a leaky ship, 

 the air in the present instance forcing its way in by every 

 unstopped crevice. However, such as our success has 

 been, may easily be derived from the following. The 

 nearest approach to our present temperature occurred 

 about the 14th of December last season. 



By the above it is apparent that we obtain 19 on 



