The Jeannette's Crew

Tho following dispatch from Lieut. Danenhower, dated Irkutsk, Fèb. 4, was recieved at Paris Pel). 8. "DeLong's party is betweeu stations Buleur Bolinio and Siaterouct Austolonsk, In a narrow wilderness eighty miles long, and devoid of habitationa and game. Jerome J. Coliins volunteerea to stand by the dying seaman, Hans Erickson, and let the others of De Long's party push south. The new search builds huts and goes over every inch. of the región, which is ploughed by heavy drift ice every spring. The following was found in a hut: LIFE ON TIÍE JEANNETTE. We visited ïïordenskjold, in winter quarters, and found lie was safe before I we entered the ice near Herald Island. The general health of the crew during twenty-one months of drift wa9 excellent. Xo scurvy appeared. We used diatilled water and bear and seal meat twice a week. Ne rum was served out. Üivine service was regularly held. We took plenty of exercise and everybody hunted. We got about thirty bears, two hundred and flf ty seals and six walrushes. No üsh or whales were seen. All possible observations wcre made during the drift, the result showing a northwest course. The snip was keeled over and heavily pressed by the ice most of the time. The mental strain was heavy on some of the ship's company. The result of the drift for the flrst flve month'a was f orty miles. There was a cycloidal movement of the ice. The drift of the last six months was very rapid. SouMings were pretty even; they were 18 fathoms near Wrangel Land, which was often visible 75 miles distant. The greatest depth f ound was 80 fafchoms and an average of 35. The bottom was blue mud. Shrimps and plenty of algological specimens brought up from the bottom. The surf ace water had a teinperature 20 degrees above zero. The extremes of temperature of the air were: Greatest cold 58 below zero, and est heat 44 above zero. The flrst winter the mean temperatura was 33 below zero. The second winter 30 below zero. The ürst summer the mean temperature was 40 degrees above zero. The heaviest gales showed a velocity of about fifty miles an liour. Such gales were not frequent. The barometrie and thermometric fluctuations were noi, ereat. There were disturbances of the needie coincident with the auroras. The winter's growth of ice was eight feet. The heaviest ice seeii was twenty-three feet. Engineer Schock's heavy brass saved the ship Jiov. 21 from being crushed. Thetelephone wires were broken by the raovement of the ice. The photographic collection was lost with the ship. Lieut. Chipp's 2000 auroral observations were also lost. The naturalista' notes were saved.f J eannette Island was discovered May 16, in latitude 76 deg. 47 minutes north; longitude 158 deg. 56 min. east. It was small and rocky and ve did not visit it. Henrietta Island was discovered and visited May 24 in lat. 77 dog., 8 min. north ; longitude 157 deg 32 min. east. It is an extensivo island. Animáis are scarce and glaciers plenty, Bennett Island lies in lat. 76 deg., 38 min. north; longitude 148 deg., 20 min. east. It is very large. O a it we round many birds, herns, driitwood and coal, but no seal or walrus. Great tidal action was observed. The coast is bold and rocky. The cape on the south coast was named Cape Emma. We drifted back during the first week of the retreat 27 miles more than we could advance. The snow was knee-deep. We had to go thirteen times over and over the track, seven times with loads. Lieut. Chipp's boat did better than ours (Mellville's) during the afternoon of Sept. 12, 1881, the three boats having got clear of the ice off Seminor Sky island at noon that day. About dusk he was a thousand yards off our weather quarter and lowered sail as if rounding to. We lay to for twenty-four houra uiider a triangular drag. Nothing seen of Lieut, Chipp's boat at daylight. He could not get back to the island in the northeast gale. He was unable to carry his share of the provisions. I observed a strong easterly current near Lena delta. There were masses of driitwood between the Siberian islands. Jack Cole's mind is not wholly alienated. He has not been violent for twelve days, but is happy and harmless. Getting home may restore him.