Dec. 1857. BUEIAL IN THE PACK. 75 



world, her colours half-mast high, and bell 

 mournfully tolling ; our little procession slowly- 

 marching over the rough surface of the frozen 

 sea, guided by lanterns and direction-posts, 

 amid the dark and dreary depth of Arctic 

 winter ; the death-like stillness, the intense cold, 

 and threatening aspect of a murky, overcast sky ; 

 and all this heightened by one of those strange 

 lunar phenomena which are but seldom seen 

 even here, a complete halo encircling the moon, 

 through which passed a horizontal band of pale 

 light that encompassed the heavens ; above the 

 moon appeared the segments of two other halos, 

 and there were also mock moons or paraselense: 

 to the number of six. The misty atmosphere 

 lent a very ghastly hue to this singular display, 

 which lasted for rather more than an hour. 



Poor Scott fell down a hatchway two days 

 only before his death, which was occasioned 

 by the internal injuries then received ; he was 

 a steady serious man ; a widow and family will 

 mourn his loss. He was our engine-driver ; we 

 cannot replace him, therefore the whole duty of 

 working the engines will devolve upon the 

 engineer, Mr. Brand. 



11/A. — Calm, clear weather, pleasant for exer- 

 cise, but steadily cold ; thermometer varies be- 

 tween — 20° and — 30°. At noon the blush 



