182 ACCIDENT TO LIEUTENANT PIM. 



May 22. The 'Enterprise' (Lieutenant Cheyne) re- 

 turned on the 17th : no news of Captain Kellett's arrival. 

 Prayers were read yesterday on board the ' Pioneer ;' the 

 weather still cold and raw. Wolf hovering, but infinitely 

 too cunning for our most expert sportsmen. This even- 

 ing Mr. Taylor (the Boatswain) and my Coxswain returned 

 from an excursion, having met with Mr. Herbert at Cape 

 Grinnell, and brought on the letters. One ptarmigan had 

 been shot by the Sergeant. They saw a large bear, but 

 he proved equally cunning as the wolf, having dodged 

 them, as well as the dogs, amongst the hummocks on 

 the coast-line. Punch, however, never behind in enduring 

 energy, seems to have remained behind alone, watching 

 the enemy, returning late and very much fatigued : 

 half crippled, and all his best teeth useless, his courage 

 is astonishing ! 



Late this evening Mr. Herbert reached ; the intelli- 

 gence brought by him is unfortunate. Lieutenant Pirn, 

 who had superseded Lieutenant Cheyne at the depot at 

 Cape Hotham, and appointed to watch the final sledge 

 parties from the ' Resolute,' had shattered his hand by 

 the bursting of his fowling-piece when firing at a bear. 

 Fortunately Dr. Domville, in charge of a sick man, tra- 

 velling full speed with the dogs, arrived in time to 

 render assistance ; he had reached the ' North Star/ and 

 the wound was merely flesh, not immediately serious. 

 What influence has the climate of this cruise in destroy- 

 ing so many fowling-pieces ? 



The seaman mentioned by Captain Kellett as not ex- 

 pected to survive had, by the aid of dogs and the great 

 care of Dr. Domville, reached the ' North Star' alive ; but 



