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There is little of incident or adventure to
break in upon the disconforts of March. Our
routine was unbroken and cheerless.
Hans brought us the walrus meat which
saved us from almost immediate helplessness
on the 10th and brought with
him Myosu, as an aid to future hunts.
Of these [two?] were made upon the floes
without success, and several equally
unfortunate have been undertaken upon
the plains in search of Reindeer. An
attempt to surround these animals made
by Bonsall Petersen and myself, failed
and could not be repeated owing
to poor Bonsalls increasing scurvy.

The one matter for record and
thought is an attempted meeting which
under circumstances of peculiar delicacy
was frustrated after ten days of nearly
constant vigil. This is noted in the acts
of the day. John and Godfrey are
entirely depraved, but their object was
forcible theft of sledge and dogs with desertion
rather than attack. After much careful
scrutiny I am convinced that their design
was confined to them alone.

William Godfreys desertion followed
immediately after the discovery and
punishment of his scheme, he has without
a doubt taken the sledge, and deluding
Hans by some well coined lie
travelled to the south. The influence
of this loss, whether sledge dogs or my
faithful hunter Hans, will be critical
upon our present health and future
escape.

The sun has gone through
some pleasant phases giving variety to
our dreary landscape and relieving the

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