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present case - a camphor soluble very
slowly at +50^o - and perhaps perma=
nently solid at not much lower temperatures.

3. Chloroform. Sulp[?] and Chloric Ethers
Proof Gin - [Stets?] of Naphtha - Kreasote
and many essential oils under-
=go more or less of change -
in their molecular arrangement -
Arctic Ether alone remaining un-
=changed

4. Our Esquimaux dogs imperfectly
fed perish - Our Newfoundland
dog Old Whitey died last night

5. Surface ice & snow, such as
floes &c., so dry as to convey no
sensation of moisture to a cold
or mittened hand - Their fric-
tional resistance increased to an
extraordinary extent - Under the
sledge it acts like fine sand -
and is nearly untraveresable.

6. The ice surfaces around us - both
on land and sea emit a crackling
noise - accompanied by a series
of ticking sounds not unlike those
atrributed to Aurora - Thse
are varied by loud explosions -

7. Extreme audibility of sounds - and
in certain conditions a frightful
appreciation of “absolute silence”

8. Ludicrous effects of making water -
the steam nearly [hides?] the operator
and the [ice explodes with the contact with