754 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE. 



eight hours after winding. Pitched camp. No watch 

 set. Chronometer reads 7h. 34m. 6s. 



September l&th, Sunday. — Called all hands at eleven 

 a. m. Got breakfast of tea and pemmican as soon as 

 we could, and then the doctor commenced overhauling 

 us generally. Prepared to make a large fire to dry 

 us. The ground under us has been so wet all night 

 that we are soaking wet as a rule. Occasionally our 

 underclothes are only wet in patches, but as a rule we 

 are wet, bags, clothes, and all. 



Sent out afternoon to the boat, and brought in the 

 alcohol, all clothing, boat-box, etc., and there was left 

 nothing but the oars, mast, half boat cover, water 

 breaker, etc. Had fires going all the time to dry our 

 clothes. We must look our situation in the face and 

 prepare to walk to a settlement. 



For dinner had seven pounds of ham instead of pem- 

 mican, and for supper soup made from two ptarmigan 

 and two pounds pig's feet with two pounds ham instead 

 of pemmican. Snow, hail, and sleet, and strong wind. 

 Piped down at nine. No watch set. Divine service at 

 five p. m. 



September 19th, Monday. — Called all hands at 6.30. 

 Breakfast of tea and five pounds of tongue. This ex- 

 hausts our canned meats, and now we have about three 

 and a half days' rations, pemmican and plenty of tea. 



I ordered preparations to be made for leaving this 

 place after dinner, and as a beginning all sleeping-bags 

 are to be left behind. Foot-nips may be made of them. 

 List of things carried and left behind will be written in 

 here : — 



