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made two miles more, when I came alongside a hard 

 lloe. Unloaded and hauled up boats and camped. 

 Coffee is getting so low that I shall be compelled 

 after to-morrow's dinner to use tea at that meal and 

 supper both. Nine miles to-day. 



August li)th, Wednesday. — Called all hands at six. 

 Breakfasted at seven. Calm. At eight turned to, loaded 

 boats, and at 8.30 got under way. Worked along to 

 the southward under oars, and a light N. E. breeze 

 springing up made sail. At ten brought up by a large 

 amount of ice blocking up a lead, and had to land 

 on the hard lloe, discharge and haul up boats, and 

 drag everything one half of a mile " overland " to get 

 afloat again. At 11.30 came to alongside hard ice and 

 got dinner. Three miles made good for forenoon's 

 work. At 12.45 P. m. got under way again, but lost 

 half an hour by getting in and then getting out of a 

 choked lead. N. E. wind increasing. Snow falling 

 steadily. At 3.30 apparently came to the end of the 

 large lead, and ran alongside of hard ice to reconnoitre, 

 and let people run around to get their feet warm. 

 Found that by going northwest a bit I could keep away 

 again. Got under way at 3.45, and had such a glorious 

 run by 5.30 that I seized upon the first large ice-island 

 I met to come to for supper. 



Nine miles this afternoon, or twelve miles good be- 

 tween breakfast and supper. Foggy, and steady snow. 

 Bennett Island not seen to - day. Pitched tents for 

 shelter during supper. Much open water. Large leads. 

 Ice broken up into islands. 



Turned to at se/en and got under way, and thanks to 

 a freshening N. E. breeze had made five miles more by 

 nine p. m., at which time we were stopped by a choked 

 lead separating us from a large water space, and being 



