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the vilest but most able man on board,
was to day by a private arrangement
made cook, for a consideration of
[twenty] thirty dollars a month. Thus
far none of the returned party have
been considered as in receipt of wages
and are expressly made aware of their
position, so much so that from no
one as yet have I received a request
to be re connected with the Expedition.
John has now a chance and seems
disposed to make the most of it.
Just in proportion to our increasing
debility, and our increasing need, my
discipline and domestic routine
becomes more exacting. We feel the
good effects of it, artificial though it
be, habit gives to kind works, some
thing allied to sincerity, and our
crew now more than half of them disabled
are cheerful – happy even –
and working manfully for each others
good. It somtimes makes me
tremble when I think how necessary I
am to sustain this state of things. It
is a Sunday thought, that for some
wise and good end I am thus supported.

[I walked out towards]
Made an unsuccessful hunt out
towards Mary River [between the hours of 11 a.m.
and 1. P.M.] in hopes of shooting a
Ptarmagan but although the daylight
was more than ample I saw nothing.
We have seen no meat
for the sick for five days.

The Fiord looked frightfully
desolate, where once was a torrent
fighting among ice and rocks, is now