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silver and found it contained much salt ! Supper at 

 nine ; piped down at ten A. m., a long day's work, and 

 I think two miles made good. 



The sick being far enough convalescent to do with- 

 out the doctor's steady presence, I assigned him to-day 

 to the road and bridge-making ; his force consisting of 

 Mr. Newcomb and Lee. Alexey will now run with a 

 dog sled helping Aneguin. Called all hands at eight 

 p. m. Breakfasted at nine p. m. Under way at 10.30, 

 repairs keeping us back. By one A. m., 



July 1st, Friday, had advanced everything one half 

 mile over a fair road, and halted for dinner. 



At two A. M. turned the hands to and pushed ahead 

 until 7.30 A. m., when we halted and camped, having 

 made good one and a quarter miles southwest in eight 

 and one half hours' work. The road was a mixed one, 

 sometimes very good and sometimes very bad, but as 

 we had a fine, smooth piece in view for our camp, with 

 a fine stretch of three quarters of a mile for our next 

 tramp, we cannot complain at our luck. Some bridg- 

 ing we had to do, and of course much road-making, but 

 we got through without mishap, except the knocking 

 overboard of the doctor by the Walrus, and his get- 

 ting wet through. During our first stage Sweetman re- 

 paired the St. Michael's sled, and consequently we had 

 both of them running regular trips during our second. 



Called all hands at six p. m. Breakfast at seven p. M. 

 During the whole of our sleeping time the rain was 

 falling in showers, and when we were called the patter- 

 ing of the drops could be heard on our tent. Our bags 

 are of course wet again, and in some of them, mine 

 and Ericksen's particularly, the feet end is as wet as a 

 sop. 



Ericksen, Boyd, and Kaack turned in with dry foot 



