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its full strength until 8 a.m. of the 5th. The ' Dis- 

 covery' then experienced light airs, but at Floeberg 

 Beach the wind did not lull until the evening. Owing 

 to the peculiar position of the ' Discovery,' hemmed in 

 by lofty mountains, the squalls were very heavy and 

 frequently blew from the southward. 



In the log book it was entered, that in consequence 

 of the weather, prayers were read on the upper deck 

 instead of on the ice, the first time that it had been 

 necessary to do so during the winter ; also that snow- 

 pillars two feet by one, when broadside to the wind, 

 were blown down and carried about two feet in a 

 southerly direction. After the gale was over, high 

 cirro-cumulus clouds were observed moving from the 

 north-west, a very unusual phenomenon. 



It is deserving of notice that on this occasion the 

 temperature was much higher under the lee of the land 

 at Discovery Bay than at the position of the ' Alert ' 

 on the weather shore. At the former place the maximum 

 temperature registered was plus 2° and at the latter 

 minus 10°. 



' 3rd. — The " Thursday Pops," as they are called, 

 are as much appreciated as ever ; they command 

 full audiences and show no signs of falling off. The 

 songs in character are admirably got up, and "the 

 ladies " have now become perfectly at home in their 

 dresses. Dr. Colan this evening gave us an interesting 

 lecture on the composition of the food supplied to us. 

 He was very happy in making such a dry subject 

 amusing as well as instructive. 



4 Qth. — Sacrament Sunday. Mustered on the ice 

 by sledge crews for the first time ; but in consequence 



