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snow. We pulled out after breakfast and made for Sphinx 

 Rock, where we camped at 1.30, just in time, as it came on to 

 blow hard, with heavy drift. We saw several seals up along 

 the side crack. 



October 14. Weather bound all day in the tent, blowing a 

 blizzard, with heavy drift, impossible to see five yards. 



October 15. The wind dropped in the morning, but the 

 weather remained overcast. Priestley went collecting and taking 

 photographs, while the rest of us took one sledge half-way over 

 to Point Penelope, as our load was very big after picking up 

 the depots. 



October 16. Weather overcast and snowing, but much 

 warmer; we went round the bay collecting. It is impossible to 

 get on to any of the glaciers from the sea ice, as they are all wall 

 faced. 



October 17. After getting some photographs of icebergs 

 we started for Point Penelope. The forenoon was fine, but dur- 

 ing our halt for lunch a heavy bank of cloud worked up from 

 the N., and soon after resuming our march a S.E. wind sprang 

 up, bringing snow and drift. The weather got so bad we had 

 to leave one sledge about a mile out, and got into camp in the 

 cave with the others just as the blizzard came on. In the cave 

 we were as snug as could be, and finding some seal meat Levick 

 had left, put it in the hoosh and had a great feed. 



October 19. Temperature zero. Weather very thick. We 

 laid out a depot off the Dugdale ice tongue which will do for our 

 next trip into Robertson Bay. 



October 20. Weather very thick; land on the other side 

 of the bay being obscured, we had to shape course by compass 

 to Cape Adare. Starting about 9, we pulled through the fog, 

 getting into rather troublesome pack, till one o'clock, when we 

 halted for lunch. During lunch the fog lifted, and by climbing 

 a berg I was able to see a lead of smooth ice about half a mile 

 to the northward. Getting on to this we made good progress, 

 arriving back at the hut at 5 P.M. A good many seals were up, 

 and about two miles from home we came on the first party of 

 penguins. 



After our return from this second coast trip the sea ice 

 became too rotten to be trustworthy, even in Robertson Bay, 



