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perature, the theodolite would have to be brought 

 iu-board to be read, and the transportation would per- 

 haps alter the reading. We get along fairly well, how- 

 ever, all things considered, Chipp filling Danenhower's 

 place in taking sights. 



Vapor arising from the ice to the S. W. during the 

 afternoon, indicating water hole. 



February 22d, Sunday. — At eleven a. m. I inspected 

 the ship. The result was not encouraging, so far as the 

 future health and comfort of the men are concerned ; 

 everything in the deck-house and berth deck was either 

 very damp or dripping wet. The heat from the Bax- 

 ter boiler warms up the deck in its immediate vicinity 

 and thaws the ice, making wet and slop ; and the heat 

 ascending to the roof melts the frost on the beams, 

 causing them to drip steadily. Add these two things to 

 the unavoidable drip of leaking steam from cocks, etc., 

 of the Baxter boiler, and we have a condition of wet 

 and damp that is disagreeable in the extreme. So much 

 for the port' side. On the starboard side the pump 

 discharges through a canvas hose to a scupper hole, and 

 the leakage is considerable. The stove on the starboard 

 side keeps the frost overhead and on the side in a con- 

 stant state of drip without ever drying it. These two 

 things keep the starboard side of the deck as wet as 

 the port side. To reach the berth deck everybody has 

 to pass through the deck-house on the port side, and as 

 a consequence wet and slop are carried below on every- 

 body's feet and into the berth deck. This begins the 

 trouble there. Then the steady flow of water into the 

 ship under the berth deck and aft to the pumps helps 

 to retain the dampness where deposited, and if any- 

 thing is needed to complete the discomfort the drip 

 from the beams comes in as a finish. The stove keeps 



