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LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT. ROSS. 
der Ross bad taken, although it was well known, that his excur¬ 
sions were never of very long duration. 
On the 21st, part of the snow was taken off the upper deck, 
although it was by no means considered to be a prudent act on 
the part of Capt. Ross, as the removal of it tended, in a great 
degree, to increase the cold of the lower deck. 
Three Esquimaux came to the ship this day, who had been 
despatched by Commander Ross, with instructions to Capt. Ross, 
to send some men with them, to their huts, for the purpose of 
bringing away some salmon, that had been buried since the pre¬ 
ceding August. The Esquimaux remained on board all night; 
and early in the following morning, Capt. Ross, Mr. Mc’Diar- 
mid, and three men, accompanied by the Esquimaux, set out 
with the dogs and sledges, to fetch the fish, and returned at 
3 o’clock, bringing with them, 2521bs of fish in very good con¬ 
dition. One of the Esquimaux came back with the party, and 
remained on board all nig;ht. 
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The consequences of taking off the snow from the upper deck, 
now began to show themselves—the lower deck was as cold as 
in the dead of winter; and the temperature of the instrument 
room, where the chronometers were kept, was as low as 26, the 
regular heat of which, during the two former winters, was never 
so low as 30 or 40. 
On the 25th, two Esquimaux came to the ship, bringing with 
them the carcass of a walrus, for which Capt. Ross gave them a 
file. One of them brought with him a piece of iron-stone, 
which his son had promised, on the preceding day, and a pair of 
seal-skin boots, which, although of the rudest workmanship, were 
found of the greatest service in resisting the effects of the snow, 
in the travelling expeditions. 
The allowance of the men had been hitherto, half a pound of 
preserved meat daily, which was now changed to a pound and 
a half of fish ; a change by no means agreeable to the men, who 
had not yet forgotten the effects, which the fish had had upon 
them, during the preceding wdnter, and who, considering the 
fatigue and labour, which they had to undergo, found little 
