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night, for this will complete our sledging provisions. We served 
out an extra biscuit for supper. The fine day has made us all 
impatient to start. 
September 19.—Snowing all day, but we had plenty of work 
to do in the hut, sewing bags and repairing sledge gear. The 
sea is freezing over again. 
September 20.—Priestley and Abbott went over to the depot 
moraine to dig for the precious specimens, the rest of us sewing 
or cutting up meat for the journey. In the afternoon I walked 
over and joined Priestley. I found them very disappointed, 
having been digging all day without success. I thought they were 
digging too far to the westward, so I tried sinking pits at the 
east end of the drift, and after about half an hour’s work, found 
the specimens. We carried them all to the moraine and stacked 
them round the bamboo mark: We got back late and found the 
others cutting up the last bag of sledging meat. 
Served out one biscuit and six lumps of sugar each and had 
seal’s brain in the hoosh. 
September 21.—A fine morning; Levick and Abbott dug out 
the last sledge, but had to come back in the afternoon, as it 
came on to snow and blow hard. I got noon sights for time 
and found my watch had kept a fairly even rate, which was 
satisfactory. 
September 24.—We were able to start carrying meat, &Xc., 
down to the sledges to-day as it was fine. The weather the two 
previous days had been very bad. Browning has had another 
- acute attack of dysentery and we cannot march until he is better. 
On my way back from the sledges I saw some fresh guano 
on the sea ice, and looking about saw an Emperor penguin. I 
killed it and we carried it up to the hut; I hope it may do Brown- 
ing good, as the seal meat certainly does not agree with him. 
We are all ready to start now as soon as he is fit to walk, but it 
is blowing a gale to-night. 
September 27.—Still blowing, but clear. We found two seals 
up under the lee of some pressure, and killed one for extra meat; 
the other was the first we have been able to let go since the last 
autumn. 
September 28.—Strong south-west wind and overcast in 
the morning, clearing and coming out finer in the late noon. 
Priestley saw six Emperors. We got five of them. I was very 
