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December 21th, Saturday. — At five a. m., a light 

 halo with prismatic colors ; at six, a kmar circle ; at 

 seven, a faint aurora to N. E. ; at eight, a halo. At 

 11.30 A. M. there was a slight movement to the ice be- 

 yond and along the opening of yesterday. 



December 28th, Sunday. — From 5.10 to 5.25 a. m. 

 there was a slight eclipse of a portion of the moon's 

 lower limb. If we had been able to have our observa- 

 tory in working order on shore we might have made 

 exact observations of this occurrence. But as we are 

 in our uncertain state in the ice-pack, we can do no 

 more than note the fact of an eclipse having taken 

 place. At one p. m., held divine service, only four be- 

 side myself attending. 



In the afternoon one of our dogs began to act queerly, 

 seemingly bereft of all power of motion. Supposing that 

 he might by some chance have become frozen we had 

 him carried on board and laid on felt in the deck-house. 

 He still declined to make any exertion, and his jaws 

 were locked together, while his eyes were fixed and 

 expressionless. In the evening the doctor injected 

 ammonia into him with small effect. 



December 29th, Monday. — A slight grinding move- 

 ment in the neighborhood of the late opening of the 

 ice to the eastward at 10.10 P. m. At noon there was 

 something appearing very much like land between 

 S. by W. and a half W. and S. W. and a half W. We 

 believed that we saw an increase in the amount of day- 

 light already at noon. To-day the sky had quite a rosy 

 tinge at the southern horizon, and the light was almost 

 sufficient to have an effect on the sky to the northern 

 horizon. A full moon, nearly on the horizon, at its 

 northern culmination, made it impossible to say where 

 the daylight ended and the moonlight began. 



