. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. ewfoundlanders and thirty-five Esquimaux of six months before, had perished;there were only six survivors of the whole pack, andone of these was unfit for draught. Still, they formedmy principal reliance, and I busied myself from thevery beginning of the month in training them to runtogether. The carpenter was set to work upon asmall sledge, on an improved model, and adapted tothe reduced force of our team; and, as we had ex-hausted our stock of small cord to lash its partstogether, Mr. Brooks
. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. ewfoundlanders and thirty-five Esquimaux of six months before, had perished;there were only six survivors of the whole pack, andone of these was unfit for draught. Still, they formedmy principal reliance, and I busied myself from thevery beginning of the month in training them to runtogether. The carpenter was set to work upon asmall sledge, on an improved model, and adapted tothe reduced force of our team; and, as we had ex-hausted our stock of small cord to lash its partstogether, Mr. Brooks rigged up a miniature rope-walk,and was preparing a new supply from part of thematerial of our deep-sea lines. The operations ofshipboard, however, went on regularly; Hans andoccasionally Petersen going out on the hunt, thoughrarely returning successful. 164 HOPES AND PROSPECTS. Meanwhile we talked encouragingly of spring hopesand summer prospects, and managed sometimes to forcean occasion for mirth out of the very discomforts of ourunyielding Avinter life. This may explain the tone of my RETURNING DAY. CHAPTER XV. ARCTIC OBSERVATIONS TRAVEL TO OBSERVATORY ITS HAZARDS ARCTIC LIFE THE DAY THE DIET THE AMUSEMENTS THE LABORS THE TEMPERATURE THE EIS-FOD THE ICE-BELT— THE ICE-BELT ENCROACHING — EXPEDITION PREPARING — GOOD-BYE— A SURPRISE — A SECOND GOOD-BYE. Maecii 7, Tuesday.—I have said very little in thisbusiness journal about our daily Arctic life. I havehad no time to draw pictures. But we have some trials which might make up adays adventures. Our Arctic observatory is cold be-yond any of its class, Kesan, Pulkowa, Toronto, or evenits shifting predecessors, Bossetop and Melville it a term-day, a magnetic term-day. The observer, if he were only at home, would be the•observed of all observers. He is clad in a pair ofseal-skin pants, a dog-skin cap, a reindeer jumper, andwalrus boots. He sits upon a box that once held atransit instrument. A st
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