366 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE. 



Mr. Dunbar went out to-day to the young ice^ which 

 he found had opened so as to leave a channel one hun- 

 dred yards in width. Coming back over the heavy 

 road where we had such a hard time with the sled on 

 Saturday, he, by great good luck, found my meerschaum 

 pipe which I had lost in my struggles, and only missed 

 when it was too late to look for it. The length of time 

 I have had the pipe, the reputation which it enjoys of 

 being the " sweetest pipe in the navy," and it being a 

 present, made its loss an affliction, and my sentiments 

 of gratitude to Mr. Dunbar are of the liveliest kind. 



May 2bth, Tuesday. — Careful observation of the 

 leak, or whatever it is, mentioned yesterday, shows no 

 change. The same amount of water flows, and as mys- 

 teriously as to its cause as ever. We have wind enough 

 to drive the windmill all day, and therefore have no 

 difficulty in getting rid of the water. I think, how- 

 ever, the southeaster has blown itself out. 



To-day's log is headed, " One hundred and ninety 

 miles N. W. of Herald Island." These gradual additions 

 of a few miles each da}^ have gone to make up quite 

 a distance. Since the 1st of this month we have gone 

 roughly ninety miles to the N. W., due unmistakably 

 to the prevalence of S. W. winds, but nevertheless 

 worthy of remark, as indicating nearl}^ as much advance 

 in less than a month as we accomplished during eight 

 months previously. From this I augur good results, for 

 since our advance was prevented during the winter, be- 

 cause at that time the massing and cementing together 

 of ice brought everything to a position of rest, so also 

 is our progress now beginning at a time when the in- 

 creasing temperature will naturally bring about rup- 

 tures and disintegration. 



Alexey shot and killed a young bear at the same 



