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the ship : sent the starboard watch out to assist them in. 

 At nine A. M. the sled arrived alongside, drawn by the dogs 

 and accompanied by Nindermann, Erickson, and Bartlett. 

 Mr. William Dimbar, ice-pilot, was brought in by this party, 

 having been disabled by snow-blindness. At twenty minutes 

 of ten A. M. Engineer Melville and Walter Sharvell, coal- 

 heaver, with all remaining traveling gear, arrived on board. 



The party landed on the island at half-past five P. M. on 

 Friday, June 3d, hoisted our national ensign' and took posses- 

 sion of our discoveries in the name of the United States of 

 America. 



The island discovered on May 17th has been named and 

 will hereafter be known as Jeannette Island. It is situated 

 in latitude 70 cleg. 47 min. north and longitude 158 deg. 56 

 min. east. 



The island discovered on May 25th and landed upon as 

 above stated has been named and will hereafter be known as 

 Henrietta Island. It is situated in latitude 77 deg. 8 min. 

 north and longitude 157 deg. 43 min. east. 



TUESDAY, June 7, 1881. Latitude 77 deg. 11 min. 10 sec. 

 north ; longitude, no observations. 



In anticipation of our floe breaking up and our being 

 launched into the confusion raging about us, hoisted the 

 steam cutter, brought aboard the kayaks and oomiaks, and 

 removed from the ; ce such of our belongings as could not be 

 secured at a few moments' notice. 



WEDNESDAY, June 8. No observations. So thick was the 

 fog until 10 A. M. that our position with reference to Hen- 

 rietta Island could not be determined, but at that hour the 

 fog cleared away, and the island was sighted right ahead 

 and at a distance of about four miles. As indicated yester- 

 day, we were being drifted across the north face. 



The large openings near us have closed, and the general 

 appearance of the ice to west and northwest is that of an 

 immense field broken up in many places by the large piles of 

 broken floe-pieces, but with no water spaces. 



Considerable water-sky is visible to the south and south- 



