Second Autumn in the Ice. 469 



accustomed to the use of the shoes on this ground, even 

 though they often got them broken in the unevennesses 

 of the pressure-ridges ; we just patched and riveted them 

 together to break them again." 



RETURN FROM A SNOW-SHOE RUN (SEPTEMBER 28TH, 1894). 



(from (i Photograph.) 



"Monday, October ist. We tried a hand-sledge to- 

 day with a load of 250 Ibs. It went along easily, and yet 

 was hard to draw, because the snow-shoes were apt to 

 slip to the side on the sort of surface we had. I almost 



