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violently at three A. m. Kuehne is quite sick, and both 

 he and Alexey are laid up in their sleeping-bags. Chipp 

 seems brighter, but as he did not get much sleep dur- 

 ing the night he cannot be said to have improved. 



Weather clear, bright, and pleasant ; wind N. N. E. ; 

 temperature at ten a. m. 19° in the shade (minimum 

 during the night 12°). A few cloud-streaks, cirro- 

 stratus, to northward. To southward the openings in 

 the ice are shown by light masses of thin, bright fog, 

 sweeping away before the wind. Barometer, 30.37 

 at 33°, but I am a little suspicious that my pocket 

 barometer is out of order. Latitude by meridian al- 

 titude at noon, 77° 16'; temperature, 23° in the shade 

 (running to 30° in the sun). At four p. m. wind not 

 changed, and temperature 24° in the shade. Large 

 masses of fog and soft " steam " are continually rising 

 in all directions and sweeping away before the wind. 

 It would almost seem to indicate a general breaking up 

 of the ice. 



Dinner at one p. M. Turned to at two, and immedi- 

 ately commenced loading up five sleds with provisions. 

 Divided our 3,960 pounds pemmican and 200 gallons 

 alcohol among the sleds, and then, having our weekly 

 ration-bags ready, we switched off to fill them. 



The daily allowance of tea is . . 1 oz. 



" " " coffee is . . . 2 oz. 



" " " sugar is . . . 2 oz. 



To get our weights exactly, we have to start on an 

 ounce weight and the doctor's scales, and work up by 

 a number of Remington cartridges to a pound. Two 

 empty meat tins tied to the end of a stick suspended 

 by its centre made our scale, and we rattled along our 

 weekly rations until supper time (seven p. m.) came. 



Sights obtained at six p. m. -place us in longitude 



