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been disturbed at all. The doctor puts it very well 

 when he says, " Last winter I went to bed expecting to 

 be turned out, and was surprised that I was not ; but 

 this winter I go to bed expecting not to be turned out, 

 and would be very much surprised if I were." 



Our dogs have pulled through all right, but one hav- 

 ing yielded to the superior force of sharp bones in his 

 intestines. Though they are all lean and thin, I hope 

 soon to get fattening food for them in the shape of bear 

 meat. Bruin ought to leave his hibernation, and wan- 

 der around by sunlight in quest of food, and follow 

 the wind until he gets in our neighborhood. This win- 

 ter we have fed our dogs on seal-blubber mixed with 

 condemned oatmeal, which mitigates the effects which 

 blubber alone might produce from its oily properties. 

 The mixture steamed seems nutritious, and at all events 

 has accomplished our purpose. 



February 7th, Monday. — The days seem to increase 

 ■ in length like magic, — that is, the amount of daylight 

 seems to spring to large proportions, considering that 

 it is only two days since our sun came above the hori- 

 zon. This morning at six o'clock low, bright dawn 

 showed in the southeast ; at 10.22 a. m. the sun com- 

 menced to shove his upper limb to view from deck ; and 

 at 1.10 p. m. he passed again from view. At three 

 o'clock there was enough light in my room to answer 

 ordinary toilet demands, though not enough for read- 

 ing; but on the floe everything was bright and lively. 

 Venus and the moon showed plainly, Jupiter and Sa- 

 turn were barely visible in. the broad daylight, and stars 

 of the first magnitude not at all. 



Accompanying the bright weather we had cold ad 

 nauseam. As is usual when the temperature is decent, 

 say between zero and minus 25°, the sky is generally 



