THE LAST OF THE JEANNETTE. 549 



May 2\st, Saturday. — A dull, gloomy day, E. S. E. 

 gale, and I manage to get a meridian altitude, showing 

 that we have made seven miles in latitude at all events. 

 Our island appears only occasionally, but bearing S. 72° 

 W. There seems to be no immediate chance of this 

 blow abating, so it will be a question of waiting to see 

 in what position it leaves us before deciding upon our 

 ability to land upon and take possession of our island. 



I am sorry to record the mysterious disappearance of 

 another of our dogs, generally known as Lauterbach, 

 and heretofore recognizable by his having a hairless tail, 

 the result of a scalding accident. He has gone and laid 

 himself away somewhere, for he has been missing sev- 

 eral days. 



May 22d, Sunday. — At nine A. m. the ship received 

 another severe shock, probably striking ice under water. 



May 23c?, Monday. — I am sorry to be obliged to re- 

 cord the addition of Chipp to our sick-list. For a long 

 time past he has been in poor condition, growing thin 

 and weak, but insisting on going about and attending 

 to his duty. He has strong dislikes to medicines and 

 medical treatment, and would not believe he stood in 

 need of either. Being overruled in that respect by me, 

 he did take a tonic prescribed by the doctor ; but of 

 course, as it w r as taken unwillingly, under protest,, no 

 good was experienced from its use, and it was discontin- 

 ued. Now nature asserts itself, and he is so reduced, 

 by reason of his failure to eat enough, and so nervous 

 and restless, because of continued loss of sleep, that it 

 is simply impossible for him to keep up, and he is forced 

 to his bed. The doctor hopes to have him around in a 

 few days, but I am not satisfied that a few days can 

 repair the damage already done. Considerable fall of 

 soft, large snow-flakes. 



