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eyes ai\3 quite well to-day, Morton’s much better, and Thomas’s rather 
worse. 
We saw several burgomaster-gulls, as well as other varieties, around 
the cracks we crossed. The ice in one of these cracks was only three 
feet thick. Thermometer, 36°. 
June 11. — The weather this morning was quite warm, tho thermo¬ 
meter being at 43°. Last evening we cooked a large quantity of bear- 
liver, and ate heartily of it, after which we turned in as well as usual. 
This morning we all suffered severe pains in our bones, and headache, 
but did not know whether to attribute it to having eaten the bear’s 
liver or to the hot sun of yesterday. We were not able to proceed 
until 3 P.M., when, feeling rather better, we set off, and made ten 
miles over very deep snow. 
At 10 P.M. we encamped near an iceberg about two miles from 
Cache No. 2. A dense f6g now set in from the N., and obscured all 
objects at more than a few yards’ distance. We are all better this 
evening, except Mr. McGary and Morton. Thermometer, 45°. 
June 12.—We started to-day at noon, having waited for the sun to 
go round so far as not to shine in our faces. At about 1.30 p.M. we 
reached our cache, which we found safe. We took all the provisions 
on our sledge, for fear our northern cache should have been destroyed. 
Wo found the water in many places several inches deep under the 
snow, which caused us to sink through it at every step, making the 
travelling very difficult. We keep regular watch since our adventure 
with the bear. Thomas was not so well this evening. Thermo¬ 
meter, 34°. 
June 13. — The thermometer stood at 40° at 10 A.M., at which time 
we started. We found the snow deeper and the travelling more difficult 
than yesterday. We worked hard to reach the islands, and, after 
crossing several cracks in their vicinity, arrived at the foot of the land- 
ice at G P.M. We found this ice broken up and very difficult to cross. 
We pitched our tent on it, and went to examine the cache, which we 
discovered had been destroyed by the bears, the tin canister only left 
untouched. 
As the bear-tracks were numerous and recent, I was led to suppose 
it had not been long since the cache was destroyed. The flagstaff was 
torn down and dragged some distance, but tho cairn remained almost 
entire. We ate a supper of bear-steaks, not satisfied to pronounce 
the meat unfit for food without giving it a further trial. Thermo¬ 
meter, 40°. 
June 14.—This morning is quite warm, the thermometer standing 
