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travelling, so we were forced to camp. Mr. Leffingwell went 

 along the lane to have a look at things, and while out there 

 he thought he heard the spouting of a whale. But although 

 he immediately ran to a ridge, from which he had a good view 



A PIECE OF ICE ABOUT TWELVE FEET THICK HAD BEEN CRUSHED 

 UPON A LOT OF RUBBLE. 



of the water close by, he saw nothing which could have pro- 

 duced the noise, and no ripples in the water indicated that 

 so big a visitor had been close to us. 



We managed to take a longitude in the afternoon, and 

 calculated it with assumed latitudes. We should have felt 

 better almost without it, as we should then have lived in happy 

 ignorance of the actual state of affairs, for we found that, 

 assuming we wereon7ioo'N., we would be on 149 16' W. long., 

 and, if we were on a higher latitude, still farther west. This 

 is bad, very bad ; we should have been much further to 

 the east. 



We have only made about one mile to-day in eight hours, 

 and should be on 7ioo' lat., long. 149 16' W. (obs.). Tempera- 

 ture at 6 A.M. 7 C. The sky has been heavily overcast, and 

 a strong north-east wind has been blowing all day. 



Saturday, May 4. The day began with a great disappoint- 

 ment ; when we turned out of our tent we saw to our dismay 



