CHAP. IV.] CALLOSITY OF LIMBS. 205 



evident we had gone still more off shore. After 

 divisions I inspected the decks as usual, and 

 was happy to find the lower one comfortably 

 dry, a result mainly to be attributed to the 

 last bell-mouthed funnel, which carried off an 

 amazing deal of vapour and impure air; indeed, 

 with eight funnels, either for the stoves or vapour, 

 constantly going, it would have been strange if 

 some good effect had not been produced. Had 

 it not been for the masts and rigging, any one a 

 few hundred yards off might have taken the 

 ship for a manufactory, for the vapour steamed 

 forth in as great a volume, and nearly as dense 

 as the smoke. The only drawback to the gene- 

 ral comfort now was the unfortunate lameness 

 that characterized the scorbutic symptoms. In 

 this respect our list increased, though none, 

 thank God, were worse •, and the poor gunner, 

 who lay still dangerously ill, with scarcely 

 strength enough to change his position, seemed 

 to be in better spirits. One third of the com- 

 plement, including officers, were now affected 

 with this extraordinary callosity of limbs. 



At noon the barometer was 29. 37 \ thermo- 

 meter 39°-. The night was particularly clear, 

 and the stars were observed by Lieutenant 

 Stanley to be freer from nebulae and that danc- 

 ing motion which he had always complained of 



