824 © General Notes. [ November, 
The temperatures for the following months are given by Mr. 
Gilder: 
1879, September mean 21.1°, minimum 5° 
CWtober Sees terse. pono? ang BO 
NOVEMber Cotas aes 233° $6 egg? 
PCCM OUTS cans ee owas te 50.49 « 69° maximum —26° 
TUGO, JABUA e cows ea y “53.29 if oye ey 
Waly SS eak **_44.8° “& —69° 
January was a very stormy month there being only eleven days 
on which travel was possible, and the total distance passed over 
in that period, ninety-one miles. 
e total distance traveled was 3251 miles, being very much 
the longest sledge journey in unexplored regions of which we 
have record. They were also in the field during the entire win- 
ter, so that the journey, both in distance and time, is most 
remarkable. Their dependence upon the resources of the coun- 
try, much aided, it should be noted, by the excellence of their 
re-arms, is also a distinguishing feature of the exploration. To 
the fact that Lieut. Schwatka and his three companions were able 
to live on this food is it doubtless owing that they were able 
to bear with impunity and even with little suffering the great cold 
to which they were exposed. To their diet and also to’ their 
active life throughout the whole year we ‘must attribute their 
exemption from scurvy, although deprived of lime juice or any 
of the anti-scorbutics usually taken by similar parties. Probably 
also his companions possessed, alike with Lieut. Schwatka, the 
robust health, cheerful disposition and powers of concentration 
ascribed to him by Mr. Gilder. Certainly the success of this 
effort to reach this remote land indicate also the existence of 
strict discipline and thorough organization, the want of which 
has so often proved fatal to the success of similar attempts at 
exploration in these desolate regions. Aa 
It should be remembered that the results of Lieut. Schwatka s 
investigations entirely corroborate the statements made by apt. 
Hall concerning the fate of the Franklin expedition. And Set 
cially is this the case as regards the successful accomplishment 0° ~ 
unseaworthy. Dr. Parry, the naturalist of the expedition, re- 
mained in Greenland for the winter. 
