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not afford to get so hot if they wish to retain any semblance of 

 comfort. 



Our excellent cook had just the right meal prepared for us 

 an enormous dish of rice and figs, and cocoa in a bucket! 

 The hut party were all very delighted to see us, and the fittings 

 and comforts of the hut are amazing to the newcomers. 



Saturday, April 22. Cape Evans, Winter Quarters. The 

 sledging season is at an end. It's good to be back in spite of 

 all the losses we have sustained. 



To-day we enjoy a very exceptional calm. The sea is freez- 

 ing over of course, but unfortunately our view from Observatory 

 Hill is very limited. Oates and the rest are exercising the 

 ponies. I have been sorting my papers and getting ready for 

 the winter work. 



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