680 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE. 



Cbipp, Nindemann, Ericksen, Lee, Bartlett— Tidal 

 observers. 



Collins — Sketches, and general collection of facts. 

 ' Newcomb — Natural History, Flora and Fauna. 



Dr. Ambler — Geological work, and collection of facts. 



Dunbar — Looking for game, etc. 



De Long — Astronomical observations, barometer, 

 compass variations. 



Crew generally — Getting murres' eggs, drift-wood, 

 flowers, and other specimens. 



Before noon I had received moss, scurvy grass, grass, 

 tufa, lava, cryolite (?), yellow flowers (curious differ- 

 ences in these flowers), amethysts ; and in the afternoon 

 I received from Mr. Dunbar two eggs of murres, large 

 as hens' eggs, and spotted. And at three P. M. Johnson 

 brought in a piece of reindeer horn with moss on it. 

 Dunbar made a small collection of drift-wood, but saw 

 no way of getting a lodgment on the island, and no 

 signs of game. Latitude at noon 76° 38' 17" N. Ba- 

 rometer 29.80. Temperature 31°. 



During the forenoon the tide was ebbing, and though 

 the wind was W., the ice was driving along to the west- 

 ward at a great rate. Large floes brought up against 

 our ice-foot for a moment with a jar that caused it to 

 tremble, but it stood firm, and the floes split and broke 

 and swept along. The pressure was tremendous. 



The collections are coming in so rapidly that I can 

 but just notice them by a word. Melville found a vein 

 of bituminous coal, and brought a large lump. Doctor 

 found down from some fox or rabbit, also rock tripe, 

 mosses, and more flowers ; nine dozen murres and 

 dovekies brought in up to four p. m. Drift-wood ac- 

 cumulating. One piece chipped with an axe at lower 

 end like a fence-post ; another burned on end. We 



