Mar. 1859. AKCTIC FAKE. 237 



Fahrenheit, or 62° below the freezing point of 

 water. 



On reaching the ship, I at once assembled my 

 small crew, and told them of the information we 

 had obtained, pointing out that there still re- 

 mained one of the ships unacconnted for, and 

 therefore it was necessary to carry out all our 

 projected lines of search. 



During this journey I acquired the Arctic 

 accomplishment of eating frozen blubber, in deli- 

 cate little slices, and vastly preferred it to frozen 

 pork. At the present moment I do not think I 

 could even taste it, but the same privation and 

 hunger which induced me to eat of such food 

 would doubtless enable me again to partake of 

 it very kindly. 



I shot a couple of foxes which came playing 

 about the dogs ; conscious of their superior 

 speed, they were very impudent, snapping at 

 the dogs' tails, and passing almost under their 

 noses. I shot these foxes, intending to eat 

 them ; but the dogs anticipated me with re- 

 spect to one ; the other we feasted off at our 

 mess-table, and thought it by no means bad ; 

 it was insipid, but decidedly better to our tastes 

 than preserved meat. 



Captain Allen Young and his party had re- 

 turned on board on the 3rd of March, having 



