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north of the village. The natives positively refused to go, 

 and we were wholly dependent upon them for food." The 

 ineffectual search made by Danenhower shows that at that 

 season travel was impracticable, owing to the weakness of 

 the ice; and the condition of Melville and his men was 

 another reason why no search could have been made. 



As shown by DeLong's lust diary, all of his party but three 

 were dead on the 30th of October. This was the day when 

 Melville started for Bulun, and during his subsequent search 

 trip, which occupied twelve days, he could not, under any 

 circumstances, have found any of the party alive. Doubtless 

 his own experiences on the trip convinced him that all were 

 dead. 



