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servant found him lying upon the deck, a 

 corpse, having been several hours dead. Apo- 

 plexy appears to have been the cause. He was 

 a steady, serious man, under forty years of age, 

 and leaves a widow and three or four children ; 

 what their circumstances are I am not aware. 



10th. — This morning the remains of Mr. Brand, 

 inclosed in a neat coffin, were buried in a grave 

 on shore. A suitable headboard and inscription 

 will be placed over it. From all that I have 

 gathered, it appears that his mind had been 

 somewhat gloomy for the last few days, dwell- 

 ing much upon poor Scott's sudden death. 

 Whether he really saw three reindeer on Satur- 

 day, watched their movements, and fired his 

 Minie rifle at them when 700 yards distant, or 

 whether it was the creation of a disordered 

 brain, none can tell. On his first return on 

 board he said he had seen deer tracks only. 



We are now without either engineer or engine- 

 driver : we have only two stokers, and they 

 know nothing about the machinery. Our num- 

 bers are reduced to twenty-four, including our 

 interpreter and two Grreenland Esquimaux. 



15th. — We have enjoyed ten days of mo- 

 derate winds and calms, but the temperature 

 has fallen as low as -31°. This causes frost- 

 cracks in the ice across the harbour ; they will 



