156 HANS, PETER, AND JACOB. 



ing, and Jensen being off after some venison, I used 

 Peter to drive me to the lower glacier, where T wished 

 to make some sketches. It appears that this excited 

 Hans' ire against poor Peter ; which fact being duly 

 reported by Jensen, I have taken the dogs from Hans 

 and given them into Peter's exclusive charge. So one 

 savage is pleased and the other is displeased ; but we 

 shall probably have no public exhibitions of his spleen, 

 as I have read him a lecture irpon the evil conse- 

 quences arising from the display of ill-temper, which 

 he will probably remember, — as likely, however, for 

 evil as for good ; for he is not of a forgiving disposi- 

 tion. Jensen tells me that " they have made friends," 

 which probably means mischief 



Hans seems to retain the intelligence for which he 

 was distinguished when in the Advance. His charac- 

 ter has undergone but little change, and his face ex- 

 presses the same traits as formerly, — the same 

 smooth, oily voice, the same cunning little eye, the 

 same ugly disposition. I have very little faith in 

 him ; but Sonntag has taken him into his favor, and 

 greatly prefers him to Jensen for a dog-driver. 



Peter, on the other hand, is a quiet, unobtrusive fel- 

 low, and is always ready and willing to do any thing 

 that is required of him, even by the sailors, with whom 

 he is very popular ; and, of course, as with good-nature 

 everywhere, he is sometimes imposed upon. Jacob is 

 Peter's brother, and he continues to be the butt of the 

 forecastle. The men have made a bargain with him, 

 and, according to all accounts, it works satisfactorily. 

 He is to wash their dishes, and they in return are to 

 give him all the crumbs that fall from their table. On 

 these he is growing more and more fat, and he has now 

 greater difficulty than ever in getting about. There 



