. Farthest north; or, The life and explorations of Lieutenant Lockwood, of the Greely Arctic Expedition. epers, the latter ate each other up. The dogsmultiply rapidly, and would increase faster, but thatthe pups are eaten by the old ones. I saw the motherof a dead pup keeping Eitenbank from swallowing it,while she hesitated whether or not she would do thesame thing herself. We are a^ain building around our house withice, which proved such an addition last winter, andthe double sashes to the wiudows have been put have added a side-board to my bunk and coveredthe adjacent walls with pa
. Farthest north; or, The life and explorations of Lieutenant Lockwood, of the Greely Arctic Expedition. epers, the latter ate each other up. The dogsmultiply rapidly, and would increase faster, but thatthe pups are eaten by the old ones. I saw the motherof a dead pup keeping Eitenbank from swallowing it,while she hesitated whether or not she would do thesame thing herself. We are a^ain building around our house withice, which proved such an addition last winter, andthe double sashes to the wiudows have been put have added a side-board to my bunk and coveredthe adjacent walls with paper, thus addiug to thewarmth. Much may be done to mitigate the evils ofthis climate. The moral and social evils are what wecan not meet, or rather do not repel. Mrs. Greelys birthday was again observed, chieflyby a good dinner with wine furnished by LieutenantGreely. Lockwoods own birthday was also cele-brated in like manner, when he recorded the follow-ing : After dinner Lieutenant Greely and I had along talk—reminiscences of army-life, speculations asto our retreat in boats, etc. When alone, my mind. WAITING AND WATCHING. 215 turned to the dear ones at home and the many warmfriends I had elsewhere, and to the ha2»py days spentwith them. My corner, which is the coldest of all the cor-ners, was improved by covering floor and walls withpaper. I also found an improvement by adding side-boards to the bunk, and finally by converting the bedinto a regular sleeping-bag. Before this was done, Isometimes became very chilly during the night afterthe fires went down. Our lamps now burn all wearisome this constant artificial light becomes,we know from the experience of last winter. I dreadit under our present social relations. Even LieutenantGreely refers to these as intensifying what would other-wise not much distress him. My daily routine is some-what as follows : Breakfast at half-past seven, withscarcely a word spoken by any one. Then I smoke,standing by the stove in the c
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