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CHAPTER X. 



The Caim. Anticipations. South-west Expedition. Tidal Motions. 

 Return of Mr. Loney.- Dog Killed. Letters from Pullen. 

 North-east Expedition. Tent Arrangements. A Cold Bath. The 

 First Depot. A Wolf. Princess Royal Island. Tidal Rents. 

 Snow Blindness. Mount Parker. A Whale. Hamilton Depot. 



April 1. THE summer heat has already informed us 

 that our pile must be rebuilt, and that snow or frozen 

 stones are not fit materials for any weighty structures. 

 The basement, constructed of substantial stones, is firm, 

 but the sun acting on the surface has thawed all the 

 loose ice-bound matter, and now compels us to recon- 

 struct the upper part, which has fallen : a practical les- 

 son on ah 1 cairns built before summer. 



On the 2nd the weather proved fine ; a party was de- 

 spatched to rebuild Mount Britannia beacon afresh, and 

 to look around on the ice. This beacon was surmount- 

 ed by a blue and yellow flag, and adorned with many 

 preserved meat tins, flattened out, and hung in such po- 

 sitions (with their tinned surfaces outwards) as might 

 afford a glimmering ray, from these heliotropes, to the 

 southern travellers. 



A specimen of the stone brought to me today from Spit 



