326 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEAXNETTE. 



bolting long strips of battens lengthwise to the deck 

 in-boarcl of the lockers and caulking them, and by bor- 

 ing holes in the deck to let the water descend into the 

 fore peak and flour-room. 



Iversen, while a mile and a half south of the ship, 

 found and brought in the following articles: seven 

 small pieces of wood, one bunch of vegetable matter, 

 one piece of birch-bark, and one small leaf. These 

 were, of course, originally from the land, probably Si- 

 beria, but when, how, or under what circumstances 

 they left the land must remain a mystery ; although 

 we know that being found so close to the ship they are 

 not of this year's arrival. Nothing more has been seen 

 of the supposed land of the 15th inst., so I cannot 

 connect these fragments with it. At midnight heavy 

 water-sky from E. S. E. to S. W. 



The windmill was mounted in place over the star- 

 board side of the bridge and secured. Two of the legs 

 of the supporting tripod rest on the bridge, and the 

 third on the water-tank. A hole is bored down through 

 the bridge for the connecting rod which the machinist 

 is fitting, while Sweetman is at work with a new pump 

 brake rig, to connect it with the bilge-pump, in the 

 after corner of the fire-room hatch. 



April 20th, Tuesday. — One of the two Avalruses 

 killed some time ago was left out on the ice close to 

 the ship until the want of dog food necessitated its 

 being cut up. x\t the time of its capture Alexey re- 

 marked that " it had young one inside ; " and Mr. 

 Newcomb's zeal to possess it as a specimen almost 

 tempted me to have the necessary post-mortem ex- 

 amination made on the spot. As, however, it would 

 have been difficult to keep the meat from the dogs 

 (while left as it was its soon frozen hide made a per- 



