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even of these the general health of several might 

 be called positively good. They were almost free 

 from pain, but could not get rid of the callousness 

 of the part affected, which continued, in spite of 

 every effort, as hard as if it had been thoroughly 

 frozen. One man only (and his was more a 

 rheumatic than a scorbutic case) had returned 

 to his duty ; on the other hand, the gunner, 

 Mr. Donaldson, was in a declining and dangerous 

 state, notwithstanding the unremitting attention 

 of Dr. Donovan and Mr. Mould, who were 

 themselves affected with the prevailing complaint, 

 and even walked about with difficulty. 



January 26th. There had been no wind of 

 any consequence throughout the night, some 

 part of which had actually been calm ; and yet in 

 the morning the ice, and consequently the ship, 

 had been set to the eastward from a quarter to 

 half a mile. Several lanes of water too were 

 formed between us and the land, while a dark 

 grey frost smoke extended some distance from 

 the Cape to seaward. The weather was still 

 fine, though cold, the thermometer being 44'° — , 

 and a mist or haze hung round the horizon. In 

 the evening the wind blew from the westward, 

 and afterwards veering to the south, got more 

 squally, coming occasionally in smart gusts di- 

 rectly off* the land, which, when distinctly seen 

 at 4 h p. m., bore from S.E. to N. W. by N. The 



