, 1877-02-17

msnt ts,a. OF the fec around us ,,d remained ned
! table Of !cc, was at rest; all shapes
rearing up, some t,f3nine and Twisting, none on
tie leycI. 4 sIc.tgc would at once 1iave been
swallowed np. and In thts very circumstance lay
the horror Or nus sltMatton. For, II tin slip
should sink, whittier blluriii we 70, even with
the smallest stock o. prpvistonsf Amid this
confusion. how reach tl,o land, thirty niles dis.
tsnt, without the most Indispensable necrs-
moderated towar!i hight; anil, wien 1Nti.tims
tatnc, continues Lieut.. Payer, '"Wc fell asleep
With orr clothes on. though our sleep was dis
ttlrbed every or anil then by the on:cts Of ice,
forc; but slatIy-.and for one hundred and thirty
drv1--we went through thu .aan,e experiences In
less t2nrkncss.H
The brave mrn on the TegctthoG ne,er con-
fesse'l 70 each other their tcars, but H. every
brrast there was calm conviction that with tho
destruction OF their vessel their own doons Wns
sealed. In tho days Immediately following ori+
H. they perfected arrangements for quilting tho
ship Should It bc Sunk in tic icc, though pr.
slsaicl that their labors were vain. '.Wc
must" writes Lieut.. Payer, "for Our mutual
ss"s % s Fef bsSe up s o s
perils cnvlrnntnE them, they somctin'es YGn' m
tured 10 untlress at night, and slept anitd tho
tuntilt Of cracking tce, from very e1taustiot,.
ine M cxpcr|sf,cc., 'Wilsn any W one comes down
fruu tic deck into the caatn, tho eyes Of all gro
invuluntarily turned upon hiru TO rad IN the
expression 0f bis face what fs going On abovc,
mud each drca1s TO lear 1t said that the ice Is III
motiu1t.. !. :.
"Durio9 the day, no quiet for reading or
working. aud, every night almost. our sleep is
creaking, yawptuE collin. slcH can acclttom
themselves TO almost anything; but to these
daiy.rec,lrrlng Shocks, mid the constantly
curing question to the end aud Issue OF l. al
to-day remarked very truly, that he saw per-
frctiy well how DUO might lose Ills reason with
| tho continuance Ut these sudden anu ihccssaht
! assaults. =. Every night We arc startled
spring to nwait nnlld at' awful darkness the end
of MI enterprise from which all hope OF SUCCESS
has departed. It bccollica at last nero MT
chattical process to tcizc our riies mud our bay
| Of ncccssarlcs, mud rush Oh dcek."
Tlc weeks passcl slowly by, but brought no
| cllnnCe In tho situation OF tie TtgetthoH. In
ihe tcginnlnE of Nnvember. ~ clear WeAtner,
ss aaE e1 ne xn " ,fS aa 'ns s rf
that 'nLsts could not bc eeens DUE ie!t ohly.,
| The ii,Gn had l!ow settled Into reea!ar round
" e,upoymens. IN osusr ~ dlse5s H tns S mltlI ~
the long po1ar nlght,-;wisen tl!e rasige of the
Hight of q lamp ID the wl!ofe world Tor inan:-!s
most oppressive to tho fee'IoEs,' writes Lieut..
Payer "nor can abit e'er % 5ssoncle t,ofe e1s wno
thu to It's gloom and solitude. It can te homo
only to men wlio spend their cxlstcnce In eating,
aud drinklng, ahd sleeping. without any Iisiuro-
preston was made moro Intense by tue ros,-
seiol,sness that wc had been Iriven Into IN ut-
terly-unknoWn region, anl with our eyes bound.
Wurk, iucessant work, Tas tho only resource In
| The ship WAS provided with a library Of 400
resource to the inmaies Ut the cal,tu. In the
q. evenings SCHOOL ~ was ,,sH}stsmatisally .nught i9