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sights for our position, which he determines to be lati- 

 tude 71° 5r N., longitude 177° 51' W., showing a gen- 

 eral drift of twenty miles N. E, (true) from our position 

 of the 21st. At the same time the magnetic variation 

 was determined 23° E. The sun rose at nine, and im- 

 mediately thereafter high land was sighted to the S. 

 S. W. (true), the extremes bearing respectively S. 16° 

 30' W., and S. 36° W., — the highest peak bearing S. 

 32° W. The whole land seems to be about fifty miles 

 distant. I believe this to be the north side of the land 

 seen by Captain Long in 1867 (Wrangel Land), but I 

 no longer believe it to be a continent. It is either 

 one large island or an archipelago. 



At four p. M. Mr. Dunbar, who had been away with 

 Alexey, came back with the pleasing information that 

 they had shot three walruses. Anxious to get this im- 

 portant addition to our dog food, Melville, the doctor, 

 and myself started off with Sharvell and a dingy on a 

 sled drawn by a heavy team of dogs to secure it. After 

 a heavy drag over what Dunbar was pleased to call a 

 mile (but which I think was nearer three) we reached 

 the water, only to find that our three walruses had got 

 lost among the young ice. 



In accordance with the various orders issued yester- 

 day, the winter routine, beginning on November 1st, 

 will be as follows : — 



6 A. M. Call executive officer. 



7 Call ship's cook. 

 8.30 Call all hands.' 



9 Breakfast by watches. 



10 Turn to, clear fire-hole of ice, fill barrels 



with snow, clean up decks. 



11 Clear forecastle. All hands take exercise 



on the ice. 



