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impressed on me : 1. Never to pass over, as unworthy 

 of thought, after the first year particularly, any symp- 

 toms similar to rheumatism, affection of chest or voice, 

 discoloration, emaciation, etc., but at once meet the ques- 

 tion by full diet, stimulated even by curries, etc. Ex- 

 ercise is important ; injudicious exposure to severe cold 

 should not be risked. This probably has been my fault, 

 or possibly not quite my own, for my preaching has ever 

 been, " not to expose the lungs unnecessarily to a lower 

 temperature than can be avoided." Latterly our upper 

 deck, under the housing, has maintained a higher tem- 

 perature by nineteen degrees above the external atmo- 

 sphere, with a complete shelter from the slightest breeze. 



March 5. Our last ten-day temperatures afford, min. 

 -45-62; max. -16; mean, -32 '733. We have not, 

 for a long period, been visited by any strong winds, but 

 it now threatens in squalls from the south-east or off the 

 land. Notwithstanding it has not yet been felt by us, 

 we are still annoyed by the peculiar whistling aloft, with 

 rapid scud, attended by the unmusical beating of the 

 small ropes against the masts. Upon a careful review of 

 the winds I find that no strong wind from south, round 

 by the ivest and thence to north, or over the western 

 half-circle, has prevailed for twenty-four hours, or blown 

 with any force since we have been here, now nearly six 

 months. The question naturally arises, Are we to expe- 

 rience it in July and August, with the ice in motion ? If 

 so, our position will be one of intense anxiety. 



Upon a cursory review of the documents of Mr. Ken- 

 nedy, published in the papers laid before Parliament re- 

 lative to his southern journeys, I notice that at the very 



