IN THE BOATS. 717 



we may find plenty of water in the morning. The ba- 

 rometer has fallen to 30" at 43° by eight p. m., and the 

 scud seems flying from the northwest. 



August 23d, Tuesday. — When I awoke this morning 

 it was to hear the wind howling around us, and the 

 sleet driving against the side of our tent. The wind 

 was N. N. E. The barometer was 20.78 at 35°, and the 

 temperature 29°. We are apparently in for another lost 

 day. No one seems to mind our having no bread. Our 

 rations now are exceedingly simple. The coffee being 

 gone we have tea at all meals. 



Breakfast : Beef extract, tea, pemmican. 



Dinner : Tea, pemmican. 



Supper : Beef extract, tea, pemmican. 



Pemmican per clay one and a fourth pounds; tea, 

 one half ounce ; Liebig's extract, one half ounce. 



But we seriously feel the absence of tobacco. Those 

 who have a little piece left use it rarely and sparingly, 

 and the lucky ones are few in number. The rest go 

 without, or smoke coffee - grounds, or coffee - grounds 

 and tea-leaves mixed. The smoking of coffee-grounds 

 gives our tent the odor of a grocery where coffee is 

 being roasted. I expect I shall come to it to-morrow, 

 for my last pipeful of tobacco is to be smoked after 

 supper to-night. 



Soundings in forty-four feet, no drift, mud and sand. 

 No change in the weather up to seven p. m., except 

 that the barometer seemed to stand at 29.70 at 40°, 

 and the wind moderate ; but the ice remains jammed 

 as hard against us as ever. Wind N. E. Tempera- 

 ture 28° Fahrenheit. Just before piping down Ninde- 

 mann shot a small seal, which will make a welcome 

 addition to our next breakfast. 



August 2±th, Wednesday. — Called all hands at five. 



