308 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE. 



Having completed the work of cleaning and restow- 

 ing the forward store-room, we set to work to-day to 

 perform a similar service for the after store-room. Hav- 

 ing only the tent awning over the spar deck to protect 

 it, the beams in the store-room, the pumps, and the iron 

 knees made excellent condensers for all moisture formed 

 below in the ward-room, and passing into the store-room 

 through the communicating doorway. The forward 

 bulkhead of Danenhower's and Collins' rooms, though 

 well felted, likewise acted as condensers. Danenhow- 

 er's room was thoroughly scraped the other day by his 

 careful nurse, Johnson ; but Collins' room, being de- 

 layed, commenced to thaw on him last night, whetting 

 much of his clothing. The after store-room was one 

 mass of frost on the parts above indicated, the j)umps 

 particularly seeming enlarged to twice their ordinary 

 size with ice. 



The usual monthly medical examination was com- 

 menced to-day by the surgeon. So carefully has this 

 examination been conducted, and so thoroughly is the 

 men's condition known, and so satisfactory is the state 

 of our health (except in Danenhower's case), that upon 

 the doctor's recommendation I decide to suspend the 

 monthly examinations for the present, say for three 

 months, unless some occurrence makes the resumj)tion 

 prudent. 



Ai^rll od, Saturday. — Mr. Dunbar, who seems to be 

 regaining his old strength and endurance (although his 

 gait is more like that of an old man than one of his 

 years), took a long tramp with Alexey and Aneguin 

 about seven miles S. E. from the ship. At that point 

 he came to some very heavy ice, seemingly aground, as 

 it had no motion, although with water around it. The 

 extent of water may have been two hundred feet in 



