Oc:ob<-r, 1SH4. 



First Sleil(/c Trip. 



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the coldest gales. A large snow-block fashioned int<» a (•<»hiniii ."'. 

 feet in height was set upright in tlie center of tlic oh.scrvatnrN-, and 

 its top rounded off by another block. The wliolc was made iiil<» snlid 

 ice by pouring water on it. The house was now read\' I'ni- tlic (lip 

 circle which had been loaned by the United States Coast Survey. 

 The circle was unfortunately broken before it could be used with 

 success.* 



Discovering that his ink was frozen solid, he tried the successful 

 experiment of boiling down about a pint to a thick paste, obtaining:-, )»y 

 diluting this, a supply for his present use, and preserving his ink- 

 powder and anti-freezing ink, the gift of the American Bank Note 

 Company of New York. 



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KSKl.MO SLED. 



On the 22d a sledge journey of 10 miles was made down the 

 Welcome, to give the hungry dogs of the Innuits a full meal lr..ui a 

 whale's carcass. The runners of this sled, made of 2-incli j)lank, weie 

 16 feet lono;, each beinar shod with bone from the jaw of a whale. Its 

 15 cross-bars made of staves, each 3 feet 4 inches long and f) inches 



'Before Hall left New York Mr. James Green, instrument-maker, set up this eirelo en 

 •rrounfl adjoining Mr. Rutlierfurd's observatory and went through a set <.f ol.s.-rval ions and <.f 

 exj)lana1ory instruction with Hall.. 



