570 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE. 



from the sick-list, though still kept under slight med- 

 ical attention. 



June 9th, Thursday..— Latitude N. 77° 14' 20", longi- 

 tude E. 156° 7' 30", a drift since yesterday of seven and 

 three quarters miles S. 87° W. Soundings in thirty- 

 eight and a half fathoms. No perceptible drift. Clear, 

 bright, and pleasant weather, E. N. E. breezes fifteen 

 to eleven miles an hour, and barometer 30.13 to 

 30.25. At eleven p. m. the ship received several se- 

 vere jars. At 11.30 the old eighty-yard lead, or what 

 was left of it, opened to a width of ten feet, and at 

 midnight such a snapping and cracking took place 

 around us that I concluded we were in for a time, and 

 hastily bundling on my clothes I rushed out. 



