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head up, and we are seemingly filled up chock-a-block 

 now aft. However, Chipp is charged with the more 

 than herculean task of finding room for " more " (when 

 everything is filled up), and I have no fear as to the 

 result. We shall be in a fearfully bad trim for sailing ; 

 and as for steaming, it is a thing almost out of consid- 

 eration except for a few days. A glance at the coal 

 account shows that I anticipate having but sixty-three 

 tons of coal on hand May 1st. Keeping thirty-five tons 

 for use in case we are caught here another winter, leaves 

 us but twenty-eight tons for steaming, pumping, and 

 cooking during the summer. The galley uses li tons 

 per month, and for pumping we need, say, 3h tons ; 

 28 — 5 X 4 = 8 tons for steaming ! 



March 30th, Tuesday. — By my observations to-day 

 I place the ship in latitude 72° 36' N., longitude 178° 

 07' W., seven miles N. of her position on the 27th inst., 

 and almost identically the same position as occupied on 

 November 30th. 



