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were absolutely necessary for my dogs; the fresh 

 dog was a very welcome recruit, and I appreciated the 

 hare as an agreeable change from the dog meat of the 

 previous two days. 



After a few hours' sleep, I went over with the men 

 and dogs and one sledge, to feed the dogs thoroughly, 

 bring over the remainder of the meat, and from the 

 top of the bluff examine the ice eastward, to see what 

 our route must be to Hecla. 



Coming back over the bluffs, to our camp the orog- 

 raphy of the glacial fringe both east and west was very 

 strongly brought out by the streams and blue lakes 

 which filled every depression and furrow. I took some 

 photos, but was not sanguine as to their success. Was 

 afraid that the blue of the lakes would not show on 

 the photos. 



There was a great deal of water between Columbia 

 and Hecla, and the only possible route for us was along 

 the outer rafter. Even there it did not look attractive. 



After returning to the tent, I strolled over the low 

 gravel flat which forms Cape Aldrich, and gathered 

 a few flowers. The purple flowers were nearly over, but 

 the poppies were in full season; there were also the 

 potentilla, which with their bright-yellow flowers rising 

 from the fine, deep-red runners or tentacles which 

 radiate in every direction, form an even more striking 

 bit of colour than the poppies. There was a great 

 granite erratic on this point which I photographed. 



After another sleep we resumed our march in a con- 

 tinuation of fine weather, and with the dogs feeling 

 the effects of their rest and surfeit of meat. Following 

 the snow bank on the west side of the point to its 



