684 THE VOYAGE OF THE JE ANNETTE. 



At 8.30 p. M. read divine service ; at nine piped 

 down. 



August 1st, Monday. — Called all hands at six. Break- 

 fasted at seven. Wind W., light. Upon mature consid- 

 eration I have decided to send Chipp with the second 

 cutter and six men to have a look at the west side of 

 the island. Upon walking out to the Rookery yester- 

 day, I saw a more distant cape through the fog, and 

 bearing N. 31° E. (magnetic), Rudder Point bearing S. 

 10° W. (magnetic), and Ericksen and Kaack walked out 

 to it and said it was only three miles distant. The ice- 

 foot breaks off, however, just beyond Rudder Point, and 

 a stretch of water takes its place, making in to some 

 little amount of beach. Beyond the distant cape Erick- 

 sen said the land trended more to the eastward and was 

 lower, and I am of the opinion that if Chipp is success- 

 ful with bearings and soundings on his journey we can 

 make a very fair chart of the island. Mr. Collins ac- 

 companies Chipp to make sketches, etc. 



At ten the party started, all hands dragging the sec- 

 ond cutter along beyond the Rookery ; but upon arri- 

 val near the edge of the fast ice, instead of the stretch 

 of water along shore, the broken pack was jammed in 

 close. Chipp here halted his party to wait for a change, 

 while the rest of us returned to camp. I sent Mr. New- 

 comb out this morning to see what effect ten shot car- 

 tridges would have on the birds. Before noon he had 

 got forty, but the birds were extremely shy, and he 

 could not command a choice of position from his perch 

 on the dizzy cliffs. He had a narrow escape after tiring 

 his last shot, — a large piece of cliff tumbled from the 

 place he had barely left. We dined at twelve on pem- 

 mican, reserving the birds for supper. 



Except supper the night of our arrival, and breakfast 



