THE MARCH OVER THE FROZEN OCEAN. 621 



Called all hands at seven p. m. Breakfasted at eight 

 p. m., under way at nine p. m. Chipp seems so much 

 better that the doctor has concluded to stop his whis- 

 key for a clay or two, to see if he can gain strength, 

 or keep what he has, without it. By ten p. m. the 

 wind was very light from the southeast, temperature 

 251°, and a long, angry series of cirrus clouds and 

 mare's tails extended from northwest to southeast. 

 Beautiful summer temperature ! ! Having remained 

 behind to work out my sights, I now, at ten p. m., 

 hastened forward, and was able to fix upon a good 

 place one and a fourth miles southwest for our dinner, 

 and accordingly had things brought to that point. 



July Ath, Monday. — At 1.45 a. m. halted for dinner. 

 At three sharp set out again, and though some little 

 confusion was imminent because the Walrus took the 

 wrong road, we avoided all serious delay, and by 6.20 

 A. m. had advanced everything one mile more, making 

 the, to us, unprecedented distance of two and one fourth 

 miles southwest in eight hours and twenty minutes. 

 For the last one fourth mile our course lay over some 

 beautiful hard ice parallel to a narrow lead, and we 

 were able to send two sleds ahead at a time, and the' 

 second cutter and whaleboat together, making the first 

 cutter our only " all hands " haul. This reduced the 

 number of trips from seven to four, a great saving, — 

 though possible only for short stages, because such work 

 soon exhausts the men's breath. Having been sixteen 

 days under way, we have sensibly reduced the amount 

 of our provisions hauled on the dog sleds, and in con- 

 sequence the dog sleds get home some little time in ad- 

 vance of the boats and heavy sleds. I have therefore 

 ordered the bags to be removed from the Walrus, and 

 the top tier of bags from the " bread sled," assigning 



