814 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE. 



skin, they lay down for the night. They were weak, 

 but they were within shelter. They had had no real 

 shelter and no sleep since Friday night, and thus from 

 sheer exhaustion and with this slight comfort they slept 

 all night. 



When they woke on the morning of Wednesday, the 

 19th, it was broad daylight. They made themselves 



some tea, and started southward, weak and stumbling. 

 Till three o'clock in the afternoon they struggled on. 

 They came then to a high cliff, where they saw an owl 

 flying. They watched, hoping the owl would rest and 

 they could bring her down, but she kept flying in a 

 circle, and finally flew over the cliff beyond their hope. 

 They were so exhausted now that they could scarcely 

 move for more than five minutes at a time. They 

 began to regret the hut they had left behind them. 

 There at least they would have had shelter. About 



