19"] LAST DAY AT CAPE EVANS 307 



Tuesday, October 31. — The blizzard has blown itself out 

 this morning, and this afternoon it has cleared; the sun is 

 shining and the wind dropping. Meares and Ponting are just 

 off to Hut Point. Atkinson and Keohane will probably leave in 

 an hour or so as arranged, and if the weather holds, we shall 

 all get off to-morrow. So here end the entries in this diary with 

 the first chapter of our History. The future is in the lap of the 

 gods; I can think of nothing left undone to deserve success. 



