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THE GERMAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



Tbc heat is oppressive, the wind cahn, the ice quite 

 dense. In such weather it ought soon go to pieces. 

 With the telescope we can see the torrents falHng from 

 the steep overhanging rocks on land; fresh water we 

 find everywhere on the floe. Melting the snow is, thank 

 God, over now. Our health is good, only Dr. Buchholz 



THE LOOK-OUT. 



is still suffering. Our eyes have improved these last few 

 days by sparing their use. The temperature of the sea- 

 water is 31° Fahr., that of the fresh water on the floe 

 32° Fahr. At this moment, I am hearing much astonish- 

 ment expressed over a fly which has settled on the sails ; 

 in reality, a welcome sign. The month of May is, how- 



