440 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE. 



horizon. The moon, Mercury, Aldebaran, and one or 

 two other stars showed in the heavens after eleven 

 o'clock. The engineer's force shifted about eight tons 

 of coal from the starboard to the port side of the bun- 

 kers, in anticipation of our getting afloat and needing 

 " straightening up." 



