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The next march, on the 22d, was a fair one of not 

 less than fifteen miles. The going was at first tortu- 

 ous, over rough, heavy ice, which taxed the sledges, 

 dogs, and drivers to the utmost; then we struck a direct 

 line across large and level floes. At the end of this 

 march I found that Bartlett and one of his men 

 had already left; but Henson and his party were 

 in their igloo. Ooqueah, of Bartlett's party, whose 

 sledge had broken down the day before, was also 

 in camp. I turned Marvin's sledge over to Ooqueah, 

 so that Bartlett should have no further hindrance 

 in his work of pioneering, and started him and Hen- 

 son's party off. The damaged sledge I turned over 

 to Marvin, giving him a light load. We were not with- 

 out our difficulties at this period of the journey, but 

 our plan was working smoothly and we were all hope- 

 ful and in excellent spirits. 



