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be found, and it is supposed that he has wandered away 

 somewhere and become covered with drifting snow and 

 thus buried. He never would have been of any use to 

 drag a sled, but still it is unfortunate that his end should 

 have occurred in this way. 



The cheerfulness and persistence with which our two 

 Chinamen attend to flying their kites would lead one 

 to suppose that they were on green, grassy fields at 

 home. They make them of all sizes and all shapes, — 

 like flies, like birds with wings, etc., — and as long as 

 there is daylight they are out on the ice enjoying their 

 sport. When work requires their presence in the galley 

 or cabin they tie the kite-string to a boat davit, and 

 leave the kite flying until they can run out again to 

 watch it. I verily believe they would cheerfully tear 

 up all their clothes to make kite-tails of. 



March ISth, Friday. — Soundings in sixty-six fath- 

 oms. Sunrise at 5.38, sunset at 6.10. Our sick-list to- 

 day received another addition in Dressier, who dislo- 

 cated one of the bones (os magnum) of his right wrist. 

 While he had his arms full of provisions, carrying them 

 forward to the berth deck, he attempted to open the 

 deck-house door, and in so doing sustained the injury. 

 It will lay him up for a week, but beyond that there is 

 no reason to be concerned. 



Alexey is improving, I am glad to say, his ulcers 

 granulating all right. There is no reason to suspect 

 any scorbutic taint in his case. 



Danenhower pulls along just the same, sometimes 

 better and sometimes worse. There is no reason to 

 hope for his improvement until he can be operated on 

 ashore, and no reason to fear unless we should be turned 

 out of the ship and he should fail to stand the exposure 

 and hardship of ice life. 



