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March 19th, Saturday. — Soundings in seventy-one 

 fathoms. Slight drift to N. Observations place us in 

 latitude N. 75° 15', and longitude E. 171° 36', a drift of 

 eight and one half miles N. 20° W. since the 16th. 



Yesterday I had occasion to speak of sick men and to- 

 day I mention sick dogs. Poor Tom received a severe 

 hurt in the memorable bear fight, for to-day the doctor 

 got a piece of broken bone out of his back, and it would 

 seem that Bruin must have taken him in his mouth and 

 bitten deep before flinging him to one side. It will 

 be a long time before Tom is on duty again. Wolf is 

 mending slowly, his injury giving him a strong disin- 

 clination to sit down, however, but this is favorable 

 to his improvement. The other dogs are also improv- 

 ing. Smike was succeeding, by judicious management, 

 in keeping his wound open, but Wilson made him a 

 one-legged pantaloon and clapped it on him, and now 

 Smike is so proud of his clothes that he has forgotten 

 all about his injuries. 



March 20th, Sunday. — To-day the sun crossed the 

 line coming north, and I hope he will see us out of 

 all our trouble before he crosses it going south. He 

 showed that we are in latitude N. 75.17°, and that is 

 some comfort. 



Inspection and divine service mark this day above 

 others. 



March 21st, Monday. — Soundings in sixty-eight 

 fathoms, and an indicated slight drift to N. W. Every 

 time we go northeast w r e deepen our water, and shoal 

 it when we go northwest. When a good depth con- 

 soles us, a light wind sets us west again, and thus heads 

 us off. 



This morning w T e found a track ahead of the stem, 

 and one leading astern, as if our floe were split in a line 

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