346 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEAXNETTE. 



had gone in for some walrus meat at the bottom, and 

 no dog had driven him out, because his stern view was 

 not recognizable as belonging to a bully or not. Anx- 

 ious to save the meat I went to the barrel and drove 

 him out, when half of the gang recognizing him as no 

 great fighter, pitched into him, while the other half 

 fought among themselves for the entr}^ into the barrel. 

 For fear of catching a Tartar they had waited for some 

 one to solve the conundrum, " Who is in the barrel ? " 



May Wi, Sunday. — At ten A. m. I inspected the ship. 

 The berth deck is now dry and comfortable, and in 

 good order and condition. I think our men really en- 

 joy it ; for, considering the size of the vessel, it is^ really 

 cheerful and spacious. Far removed from the officers' 

 quarters, there is no restraint upon the men's singing, 

 smoking, and card-playing within prescribed hours, and 

 they are made to feel at home. All the work being 

 done in the deck-house, and the provisions being ob- 

 tained from other places, there is nothing to interfere 

 with their perfect occupation of their own quarters. 

 The steam-pump auxiliary is in its new place in the 

 store-room, which, by the way, is about as fully stowed 

 as an egg, but dry and orderly. The deck-house is one 

 large work-shop and receptacle for knapsacks, parkies, 

 and boots, relieving the berth deck of much impedi- 

 menta. The galley-house is clean and remarkably tidy, 

 the berths of the two Chinese being models of neat- 

 ness. If the two that we have are fair representatives 

 of their race, I consider them a wonderful nation. 



The cabin is of course dry, neat, and comfortable. 

 The ward-room is dry, but needs a scrubbing about the 

 deck and paint work, which we are as yet unable to 

 give it on account of low temperatures, and the danger 

 of adding to Danenhower's disabilityo In him I can 



