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aging, for we are four miles north of 3^esterday, show- 

 ing a tendency to go east a little, while going north 

 more. The carpenters finished the keel runners for the 

 boats, and Lee made bolts for them for securing. 



After all we have no reason to complain of our 

 progress during the past month. Our total drift has 

 amounted to one hundred miles, and we have made 

 good eighty-two miles to N. 38° W. Our average 

 temperature has been 18.46°, and though we have had 

 it as low as minus 8.5°, we have on the other hand had 

 it as high as 35°. 



