FKESII DOGS. 
The 6 th saw the same disheartening work. The ice 
was almost impassable. Both sick and well worked at 
the drag-ropes alike, and hardly a man but was con¬ 
stantly wet to the skin. Fearing for the invalids at 
the sick-station in case we should be cut off' from 
them, I sent for Mr. Goodfellow at once, and gave 
orders for- the rest to be in readiness for removal at a 
moment’s notice. 
The next day Morton returned from Etali. The 
natives had responded to the brotherly appeal of the 
nalegak; and they came down from the settlement, 
bringing a full supply of meat and blubber, and every 
sound dog that belonged to them. I had now once 
more a serviceable team. The comfort and security 
of such a possession to men in our critical position can 
hardly be realized. It was more than an addition of 
ten strong men to our party. I set off at once with 
Metek to glean from the brig her last remnant of 
slush, (tallow,) and to bring down the sick men from 
Anoatok. 
As we travelled with our empty sledges along a 
sort of beaten track or road which led close under 
the cliffs, I realized very forcibly the influence of the 
coming summer upon the rocks above us. They were 
just released from the frost which had bound them so 
long and closely, and were rolling down the slopes of 
the debris with the din of a battle-field, and absolutely 
clogging the ice-belt at the foot. Here and there, too, 
a large sheet of rocks and earth would leave its bed at 
once, and, gathering mass as it travelled, move down- 
Vot. II.—15 
