10 
AMUSEMENTS ON BOARD SHIP. 
recorded medium temperature, namely, 46°. Many a 
pleasant hour was whiled away during the two voyages 
— shooting, band-playing, rubbers at whist, amuse- 
ments with the various dogs, — Tawny, a clever collie ; 
Ossian, a deerhound ; and Lumpus, a retriever, &c. ; — 
sketching and photographing, drying botanical speci- 
mens, and picking up daily instruction in nautical 
observation. 
