562 THE VOYAGE OF THE JE ANNETTE. 



ice, and in several places the oakum has been torn out 

 of the seams when the ship has been raised a little. 



We rig our quarter deck pumps for an hour to-day, 

 and pump the ship out dry, getting up much of the 

 dirty water which has been stagnant all winter, and of 

 late has occasionally greeted our noses. By counting 

 the number of strokes of our pumps and computing the 

 work done, I find that our leak now amounts to 4,874 

 gallons a clay, or about 203 gallons an hour. 



The steward has gone back to duty to-day, to our 

 great comfort. He seems quite recovered from his 

 share of lead. Chipp is, however, set back again by an 

 imprudent eating of raisins yesterday. Newcomb is ter- 

 ribly down in the mouth, and looks as woe-begone as 

 possible. He has suffered considerably. Curious that 

 so many of us feel no effects of " Lead in ours " as yet I 

 And we are all on the same diet. I hope none of the 

 traveling party have been afflicted, for assuredly they 

 have enough to do for w r ell men. 



June A.th, Saturday. — With one thing and another a 

 lively clay. As a fog shut everything in after three 

 p. m., I got our brass gun out and loaded it for a signal 

 to our traveling party should they be within range. 

 Before noon it was fairly clear and pleasant weather, 

 and at eleven a. M. I had a fire made on the ice ahead of 

 the ship, and with tar and oakum we made a good black 

 smoke for an hour. About two p. m. I heard a shot, and 

 going out to see about it I learned that a bear had come 

 up near the ship without being seen by the man on 

 watch (a bright lookout on Dressler's part), and when 

 Starr, who was astern, ran out to get a shot, his aim 

 was so disturbed by his breathlessness that he missed, 

 and away ran Bruin, Chase was given him, of course, 

 and he was fired at ; but alas ! our 600 pounds of fresh 

 meat escaped. 



