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OCCUPATIONS. 
our daily fuel. My own pleasant duty consists in 
chopping from an iceberg six half-bushel bagfuls of 
frozen water, carrying it to the brig and passing it 
through the scuttle into our den; in emptying by 
three several jobs some tw r elve to fifteen bucketfuls 
from the slop-barrel; in administering both as nurse 
and physician to fourteen sick men; in helping to 
pick eider-down from its soil as material for boat-bed¬ 
ding ; in writing this wretched daily record, eating my 
meals, sleeping my broken sleeps, and feeling that the 
days pass without congenial occupation or improving 
pursuit. 
“ Hans has not returned. I give him two days more 
before I fall in with the opinion which some seem to 
entertain, that Godfrey has waylaid or seized upon his 
sledge. This wretched man has been the very bane 
of the cruise. My conscience tells me that almost any 
measure against him would be justifiable as a relief to 
the rest; but an instinctive aversion to extreme mea¬ 
sures binds my hands.” 
WOMEN’S SKIN KNIVES. FROM GRAVES AT DISCO. 
