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getting out of it, for the shore is on one side and the 
fixed ice close on the other. All have the lead of us, 
and we are working only to save a distance. Omman- 
ney must he near Melville by this time : pleasant, 
very ! 
“ Closing memoranda for the day : 1. I have the 
rheumatism in my knees ; 2. I left a bag containing 
my dress suit of uniforms, and, what is worse, my win- 
ter suit of furs, and with them my double-barrel gun, 
on board Austin’s vessel. The gale of the 7th has 
carried him and them out of sight. 
“ September 10. Unaccountable, most unaccounta- 
ble, the caprices of this ice-locked region ! Here we 
are again all together, even Ommanney with the rest. 
The Resolute, Intrepid, Assistance, Pioneer, Lady 
Franklin, Sophia, Advance, and Rescue ; Austin, Om- 
manney, Penny, and He Haven, all anchored to the 
‘ fast’ olf Griffith’s Island. The way to the west com- 
pletely shut out.” 
