112 PARRY'S FIRST VOYAGE. 



editor, and all were invited to contribute to this enroll 

 cle of the frozen regions. 



On the 1st and 2d of February the sun was looked 

 for, but the sky was wrapped in mist ; however, on the 

 3d he was perceived from the maintop of the HecJa. 



Ilealth was maintained on board the ships, by enforced 

 exercise and other means, to a surprising degree. Early 

 in January, however, Mr. Scallon, the gunner, felt symp- 

 toms, first in the legs, and then in the gums, that de- 

 cidedly indicated the presence of scurvy, of which the 

 immediate cause appeared to be the great collection of 

 damp that had formed around his bed-place. At this 

 alarm, all the antiscorbutics on board lemon-juice, 

 pickles, and spruce-beer were put into requisition ; a 

 small quantity of mustard and cress was also raised 

 from mould placed over the stove-pipe ; and such was 

 the success of these remedies, that in nine days the 

 patient could walk without pain. 



"Some of our men/' says Parry, "having, in the 

 course of their shooting excursions, been exposed for 

 several hours to the glare of the sun and snow, returned 

 at night much affected with that painful inflammation 

 in the eyes occasioned by the reflection of intense light 

 from the snow, aided by the warmth of the sun, and 

 called in America ' snow blindness.' This complaint, 

 of which the sensation exactly resembles that produced 

 by large particles of sand or dust in the eyes, is cured 

 by some tribes of American Indians by holding therj 

 over the steam of warm water ; but we found a cooling 

 wash, made by a small quantity of acetate of lead mixed 

 with cold water, more efficacious in relieving the irrita- 

 tion, which was always done in three or four days, 

 even in the most severe cases, provided the eyes were 

 carefully guarded from the light. As a preventive of 

 this complaint, a pi<H e of black crape was given to each 



