. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. a provision cache is extraordinary; but the Es-quimaux to the south had assured me that frozensand and water, which would wear away the ani-mals claws, were more effective against him thanthe largest rocks. Still, knowing how much troublethe officers of Commodore Austins Expedition ex-perienced from the destruction of their caches, I hadordered the party to resort to a combination of theseexpedients. ^^^^ They buried here six hundred and seventy poundsof pemmican, forty of Bordens meat biscuit
. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. a provision cache is extraordinary; but the Es-quimaux to the south had assured me that frozensand and water, which would wear away the ani-mals claws, were more effective against him thanthe largest rocks. Still, knowing how much troublethe officers of Commodore Austins Expedition ex-perienced from the destruction of their caches, I hadordered the party to resort to a combination of theseexpedients. ^^^^ They buried here six hundred and seventy poundsof pemmican, forty of Bordens meat biscuit, and somearticles of general diet; making a total of about eighthundred pounds. They indicated the site by a largecairn, bearing E. J S. from the cache, and at the dis-tance of thirty paces. The landmarks of the cairnitself were sufficiently evident, but were afterwardsilxed by bearings, for additional certainty. MCGARY ISLAND. 139 The island which was so judiciously selected as theseat of this cache was named after my faithful friendand excellent second officer, Mr. James McGary, ofNew MCGARYS CACHE. CHAPTER XIII. WALRUS-HOLES ADVANCE OP DARKNESS — DARKNESS — THE COLD ^THE ice-blink FOX-CHASE—ESQUIMAUX HUTS—OCCULTA- TION OF SATURN PORTRAIT OF OLD GRIM. October 28, Friday.—The moon has reached hergreatest northern declination of about 25° 35. She isa glorious object: sweeping around the heavens, at thelowest part of her curve, she is still 14° above thehorizon. For eight days she has been making her cir-cuit with nearly unvarying brightness. It is one ofthose sparkling nights that bring back the memory ofsleigh-bells and songs and glad communings of heartsin lands that are far away. Our fires and ventilation-fixtures are so arrangedthat we are able to keep a mean temperature belowof 65°, and on deck, under our housing, above thefreezing-point. This is admirable success; for theweather outside is at 25° below zero, and there is quitea little breeze blowin
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