274 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANXETTE. 



quarter the snow had melted on the side, and that at 

 noon the frost in the seams was oozing out and trick- 

 ling down. In order to determine how much of this 

 was due to radiating heat from the ship (the cabin stove 

 being abreast of the quarter), and how much to the ac- 

 tion of the sun's rays on the black side, I caused Mr. 

 Collins to blacken the bulb of a spirit thermometer, and 

 this evening it was attached to the ship's side. By ex- 

 periments made at noon and midnight, I may be able 

 to determine how much heat there is received from the 

 sun's rays. 



Danenhower had the sixth operation on his eye to- 

 day that it has been necessary to perform. The knife 

 and probe are regular things in his case now, and 

 come at regularly shortening intervals. There is no 

 sign of improvement. Day after day it is the same old 

 story. He bears his confinement and the pain of the 

 operations heroically, and his general health and spirits 

 keep up well. But he will never be of any use to the 

 expedition, and I seriously fear can never be of very 

 much use to himself. If he does not speedily reach a 

 place where his surroundings will be more advantageous 

 to his general condition he may have trouble with his 

 right eye. 



March 2d, Tuesday. — The usual monthly examina- 

 tion of the officers and men by the surgeon was contin- 

 ued and completed, and his report handed in. Our 

 condition, upon the whole, is satisfactory. The surgeon 

 saj's, " I consider that the crew have stood the hard- 

 ships incident to a winter in these latitudes very well ; 

 there has been no case of serious disease among us up 

 to this time that could be referred for its origin to our 

 sojourn in the Arctic regions." Of the eight officers, 

 the condition of one is excellent, of six good, and of one 



