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of two winters in the ice-pack, and it is difficult for a 

 vivid imagination to see anything else if this be the 

 warmest weather we can have this year. 



Mr. Dunbar, whose duties as ice-pilot are limited to 

 daily visits to the crow's-nest for a look at our sur- 

 roundings, discovered this afternoon that a crack had 

 occurred in the ice about half a mile north of us, and 

 extending for a short distance east and w^est. Going 

 out to examine he found it about fifty yards in extent, 

 it being merely a separation of the old and heavy last 

 winter's ice which surrounds us. 



July ^Oth, Friday. — Our stiff breeze still continues. 

 So melancholy has been our proceeding during the last 

 two months that we welcome any change of direction 

 as an improvement. We know that we could make 

 nothing going N. W., and we hope we may do some- 

 thing going E. or N. E. 



July olst, Saturday. — The last day of the week, the 

 last day of the month, and this page can end together. 

 If this month is a sample of July weather here gener- 

 ally, I do not want to see any more of it. 



August 1st, Sunday. — The new month cannot be 

 said to open cheerfully, for we have our customary 

 snow, rain, fog, and mist, with an overcast sky all day. 

 At midnight we have the cheerful spectacle of salt-wa- 

 ter freezing on the 1st of August. On the first Sun- 

 day of the month, of course, we had the usual Articles 

 of War and general muster. Inspection and church 

 followed. 



To-day we lost one more of our dogs, " The Tease," 

 I am sorry to say. Yesterday he appeared dull and 

 stupid, and swollen. Being given some jalap he did 

 not respond to treatment, but, to quote Chipp, in his 

 account to Danenhower, " calmly passed away breath- 



