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apparatus was again put together, and for a time 

 threw out a general heat. But after two days' 

 trial the heat, though occasionally as high as 

 60°+ between decks, was found to be too irre- 

 gular for the purpose mainly intended, of keep- 

 ing the interior dry by the action of a uniform 

 temperature. On the contrary, it rather seemed 

 to favour the generating of vapour, which now 

 ran in streams from every part. The officers' 

 cabins, gun-room, and midshipmen's berth were 

 miserably uncomfortable. It was in the after- 

 part, esp' cially near the first Lieutenant's cabin, 

 that the greatest accumulation of moisture was 

 observed, and there, as there seemed to be no 

 chance of an improvement, a stove was now : 

 permanently fixed. For the rest, the deck was 

 partly covered with snow, well beaten down, and 

 in default of gravel or sand, strewed with saw- 

 dust. Besides this, the after-hatchway or com- j 

 panion was closed, and a tank placed over it for 

 a condenser, while the ladder was transferred to 

 the main I .tchway, having a fearnought screen 

 round it L:.4ow, and a regular door entrance 

 above on deck. With these, and numerou 

 other precautions of a like kind, it was hope 1 

 we might contrive to get through the colde 

 months of the winter. 



After service on Sunday, November 6th, the 

 people strolled on the ice, many extending their 



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