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officers and men complain of sleeplessness, which I 

 have also previously noted. Of the thirty- three offi- 

 cers, seamen, and natives, twenty-three are in excellent 

 condition ; eight are in good condition ; one is in fairly 

 good, and one in poor condition — so that I think we 

 are in no very serious amount affected by the endur- 

 ance of the Arctic winter. 



January Sih, Thursday. — Danenhower's case still 

 excites uneasiness in the surgeon's mind. The best that 

 can be said of it is that it g-rows no worse. As it is al- 

 ready very bad, there is but little comfort in this knowl- 

 edge. This continued confinement in a dark room may 

 prey upon Danenhower's mind, although thus far he 

 has borne it bravely. 



January 12th, 3Ionday. — At two A. m. a slight ice 

 movement to westward. iVt 1.15 p. m. a sudden sharp 

 crack made the ship jump one quarter of a point in azi- 

 muth. Supposing that we were in for a thne, I ran out 

 on deck, but found everything surrounding the ship in 

 its usual quiet. About eight hundred yards to the south- 

 ward, however, there was the sound of grinding and 

 crushing, and this movement no doubt was the cause of 

 our getting a sudden nip and consequent scare. Know- 

 ing that all our trouble came at new and full moon, and 

 that we had a new moon yesterday, I stood by anx- 

 iously all the afternoon and evening for some further 

 demonstrations, but nothing occurred, and we were able 

 to go to bed in peace and quiet. From the sudden low- 

 ering of the temperature, I am inclined to think we are 

 going to have another cold snap. 



January VMh, Tuesday. — My expectations of a cold 

 snap have been realized, — the thermometer, which be- 

 gan at minus 24°, having gone down steadily to minus 

 35° at nine p. m., and only risen to minus 32° at midnight. 



