JEANNETTE INQUIRY.	675

pick, digging a road, and when I got to camp at night went back to bring up sick and sled, to receive the sneers of our blessed invalidsthev had some pretty plain talk.
Friday, July 1, 1881, 9 a. m.—Chipp improving. Danenhower same. Alexae at work to-day, but dress leg and bandage. Worked hard all day cutting hummocks and bridging. Got knocked overboard by the u walrus," and had to swim around from one lump of ice to another; got out all right. Went to whale-boat for my knapsack; found it at the bottom, of course, and then had to strip and dress in a wind with rain and sleet.
Friday, 8.40 p. m., July 1, 1881.—Chipp doing tolerably well. Danenhower's eye looks better to-day. Alexae, leg about same. Slept rather better, but as I slept on two pairs of wet drawers and a wet vest, with wet sleeves to my shirt, and with only half a blanket over me, it was not the most cheerful bed I ever had ; but "comme je trouve," and I feel pretty well this morning and ready for work. Rain and wind prevailing.
Sunday, 8.30 a. m., July 3, 1881.—Chipp doing well. Tr. Ferri gtt. v. Daneuhower's eye quiet. Alexae's leg has not been injured by work so far. I myself, Mr. Melville, Star, and one or two others, had slight diarrhoea, due, I think, to the grease (tallow) in the pemmican. Made a good leg to-day—2 miles at least—and not very bad road. I did not get overboard to-day, and except for the soreness of my muscles am pretty well. I worked hard all day yesterday with a pick, and very tough work it was. I suppose I cutmore than a ton from one cake that was in the way, and by the time the boats came up the ice had shifted and I had to come back and cut as much more; making bridges and cutting roadways on the face of a lump, freezing, &c.—bevelling a face into a road, and all that, gives a pretty lively time. This sleeping in wet clothes in a wet bag on wet ice makes every bone and separate muscle ache in the morning. To-day I have not been able to draw a breath without pain. I feel better to-night, and, " comme je trouve," I hope to get in training by and by.
Monday, July 4th, 1881, 7 a. m.—Have made about two miles to-day on our cruise. Chipp when we started considered himself all right and wanted to go to duty. I stopped his whiskey and let him keep on without it in easy stages. To-night he does not feel well and has some pain. Danenhower's eye is in the same condition. He takes his quinine and I use counter-irritation over the brow. Alexae's leg improving altho' he does a great deal of running all day. Not much road cutting to-day. Lee told me how to prepare clams. I find the thoughts of a good many are running on eating. We could eat more bread and sugar if we had it.
Tuesday, July 5, 1881, 8 a. m.—Chipp—renewed whiskey to-clay, and to-night he is in better condition than last night; he is pale and his pulse is weak; he does not sleep well. Danenhower—eye rather more inflamed than usual; probably due to the fall of snow to-day giving more glare. Alexae's leg is doing well; he has had a return of pain to his stomach. I am myself in a good deal of pain in my right lung, lower lobe, of a pleuritic character. I lose my wind very quickly when I work with the pick, and I have a very severe pain.
Wednesday, July 6, 1881, 7.30 p. m.—Made, I suppose, about two miles yesterday (Tuesday p. m. and Wednesday a. m.); crossed several leads by ferrying. I think a good deal of time is lost uselessly. I did a good deal of work that proved to be unnecessary or was rendered useless by changes in the ice before the train could come up. If I had four good