THE LAST OF THE JE ANNETTE. 527 



March 11th, Monday. — Surprised by sounding to- 

 day in fifty and one third fathoms. Our position is 

 found to be in latitude N. 75° 5', longitude E. 171° 36', 

 showing a drift since the 12th of twelve and three 

 quarters miles N. 28° E. Temperature minus 43°. Dug 

 away snow from the port rail amidships, to enable us at 

 least to see over the ship's side, — something we have 

 long failed to do. 



March 15th, Tuesday. — An unusually bright and 

 pleasant day, but very cold, minus 45°. By counting 

 the stroke of our bilge-pump for twenty-four hours we 

 determine the amount of our leak to be two hundred 

 gallons per hour. 



March lQth, Wednesday. — Astounded to-day by 

 getting sixty fathoms of water, the deepest yet obtained 

 by us north of the Aleutian Islands. By the sun at 

 noon, we find Ave are in latitude 75.7°, and by Venus at 

 8.30 p. m. we get our longitude 171° 48' E. ? showing a 

 drift since the 14th of N. 59° E. 3 miles. 



It is worthy of remark that the increase in depth is 

 abrupt. On the 13th we had thirty-eight and one half 

 fathoms, and on the 14th fifty and one half fathoms. 

 Yesterday we had forty-six fathoms, and to-day sixty. 

 I think the water to the northeast will be deeper the 

 further we go, and my prayer is that we may go on 

 until we come out into the Atlantic Ocean. 



March 17th, Thursday. — The wonder is increasing. 

 Sixty-seven fathoms to-day, and a slight drift N. E. 

 May it keep up and increase in rapidity until we come 

 up into the Atlantic very early in the summer. A 

 mysterious disappearance of one of our clogs, Skinny, 

 is now to be mentioned. He has been growing thin so 

 regularly since he first came to us that of late there has 

 been but the frame of a dog visible. Now he cannot 



