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before varying winds will perhaps bring us np near 

 where we started, but it may also have the effect of 

 shaking up the ice and cracking it, in which case the 

 present temperature will prevent a re-freezing, and 

 perhaps facilitate the making of a lane by which we 

 can move. 



June ISih, Sunday. — The general gloominess is some- 

 what alleviated by the getting of observations for posi- 

 tion, whereby I determine we are in latitude 74° 3' 46" 

 N., longitude 176° 53' 45" E., and have drifted since the 

 9th instant thirteen miles to N. 69° W. Not encourag- 

 ing, either for the Pole or the N. W. Passage; but quien 

 sabe f 



At ten inspected the ship, finding everything neat, 

 clean, and orderly. Divine service followed. Jack 

 captured a young fox. Turned it over to naturalist. 



June lAth, Monday. — Mr. Collins was added to our 

 sick-list last evening, — an attack of indigestion, or 

 something of that kind, which is not serious enough for 

 alarm. Danenhower's case remains the same, and the 

 doctor tells me nothing more can be done for him until 

 our return to the United States. To bring about any 

 change in his condition a very severe operation is neces- 

 sary, and in our circumstances such an operation is not 

 to be resorted to. Besides proper instruments, the sur- 

 geon ought to have an assistant, and the subsequent 

 treatment of the patient requires the conveniences and 

 appliances which a hospital alone can furnish. So far 

 as the purposes of this expedition are concerned, Da- 

 nenhower may be counted out entirely ; and my plans 

 and operations are therefore to be made without his 

 assistance or cooperation. 



All sorts of weather to-day, — sometimes a little blue 

 sky, oftener overcast, a little fog, a little snow, and 



