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not going to be cheated out of our festival ; we can hold 

 another on the occasion of really seeing it for the first 

 time. We began with a grand rifle practice in the 

 morning ; then there was a dinner of three or four 

 courses and ' Fraiu wine,' otherwise lime-juice, coffee 

 afterwards with ' Fram cake.' In the evening pineapple, 

 cake, figs, bananas, and sweets. We go off to bed feel- 

 ing that we have over-eaten ourselves, while half a gale 

 from the S.E. is blowing us northward. The mill has 

 been going to-day, and though the real sun did not come 

 to the festival, our saloon sun lighted up our table 

 both at dinner and supper. Great face-washing in honor 

 of the day. The way we are laying on flesh is get- 

 ting serious. Several of us are like prize pigs, and the 

 bulge of cook Juell's cheeks, not to mention another 

 part of his body, is quite alarming. I saw him in profile 

 to-day, and wondered how he would ever manage to 

 carry such a corporation over the ice if we should have 

 to turn out one of these fine days. Must begin to think 

 of a course of short rations now. 



"Wednesday, February 21st. The south wind con- 

 tinues. Took up the bag-nets to-day which were put 

 out the day before yesterday. In the upper one, which 

 hung near the surface, there were chiefly amphipoda ; 

 in Murray's net, which hung at about 50 fathoms' depth, 

 there was a variety of small Crustacea and other small 

 animals shining with such a strong phosphorescence that 

 the contents of the net looked like glowing embers as I 



