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17th. A fox seen. 



18th. A seal shot, and another taken from a bear; a gull anil a duck shot. 



24th. An usuk seen. 



25th. Several flocks of ducks flying eastward. 



2C>th. Dellot Straits clear of ice as far as Western Head. 



27th. Ice breaking up around the ship ; 1 1 gulls shot. 



28th. A large extent of harbor ice commenced driving out. 



20th. Drifted with harbor ice, to which the ship is attached, between the Fox Island and the main, 

 until 2 A. M., when the ice was brought up by the land and shoals; 4 A. M., western current ceased ; 

 5 A. M., ice commenced drifting eastward ; 9 A. M., made sail to a light S. W. breeze ; 9 h - 45"' j;ot 

 clear of the ice, and proceeded into Port Kennedy ; 11 A. M., anchored in 6^ fathoms off Observation 

 Point. 



30th. Ice breaking away from head of harbor; outer harbor almost clear; ll h -30 m , harbor ice 

 drifted foul of the ship; several gulls shot. 



31st. Two gulls and one duck shot. 



NOTES TO AUGUST RECORD. 



1st. One seal and fifteen ducks shot; also two gulls. 



3d. 4 h - 30 m - A. M., thunder. 



4th. Bellot Straits and Port Kennedy clear of ice. 



5th. A seal shot. 



6th. A deer and two seals shot. 



7th. Harbor full of drift ice. 



8th. Ice stationary ; 8 P. M., ice setting into the harbor. 



