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very rapidly. Whenever the wind goes to the north it 
brings down thick fog and wet snow. We seem to be 
just south of a belt of stormy cloud and mist which we 
can see hanging over the ice-edge to the north, ready to 
sweep down on us. The wind that comes from the 
south brings clear, bracing weather, cold, but pleasant 
and invigorating, with very little snow, and that fine and 
dust-like. I feel sure that if we were farther into the 
ice we should find the climate healthier. 
We have had a good deal of sickness on board lately, 
partly owing to the sudden changes of temperature, and 
partly to the constant exposure and hard work. I think 
Lost in the Fog. 
every one on board has been knocked up. The common 
complaint is an extremely painful griping in the stomach, 
coming on very suddenly— a sort of dysentery ; some of 
the men have been very much pulled down with it. 
Saturday, 21st January. — This was a day full of par- 
