320 Fragmentary Notes. [June, is67. 



nineteen davs of June; and the same remark is, unfortunately, true 

 in rc'iianl to a larut' part of the remainder of the year. The record, 

 therefore, which closrs tliis cliapter, beinj,^ made up m part from frag- 

 nuntarx- nicnioranchi, will necessarily be brief It has not been 

 found possible to determine wdiether he intermitted writing his jour- 

 nals, or whether they were written and afterward lost. The precis- 

 ion with which he had up to this time jotted down the minutest details 

 vi' his work and its surroundings, induces the belief that he must have 

 written out his notes of the occurrences of the long period from June 

 to February of the next year. On the other hand, it were not a forced 

 inference which might be drawn from his fearful disappointments in 

 the preceding spring, that he did not renew the journalizing which had 

 so often heavily tasked his energies and health. But, again, it is to be 

 remarkc-il that thus far the utmost care appears to have been taken by 

 him of every paper and book; deposits of these being made when 

 moving from place to place, the bearings of which deposits were noted 

 and j)Ut into the hands of faithful persons wdio might find and take to 

 the United States an account of what work he had done, should his own 

 life tail : and, still t'urthcr, that, wlien on a subsequent sledge journey, 

 a few ot" his notes were scattered l)y the wind, he carefully recorded 

 the fact. The toljowin"- are the chief incidents occurring within the 

 isunnner months, which have been found within the occasional jour- 

 nalizing seeniin<rlv ])racticed. 



li<tur;iin;_'- iVom the nnisk-ox hunt, he took up his residence on 

 one of the islands near tlic ships, which were eagerly looking for their 

 release iVom the ice; and durinu" the latter part of the month he was 

 again busy in sui-\ cyiic^-. makiiiu" oltscrvations, and studying his Arctic 

 bo«»ks. In. HI ]MMiiiiiHiit jKiiiits he daily took sextant angles, meas- 



