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and sacks of oats on end on the top of the cairn we built. The 

 complete tally of stores is : 



Sledging biscuits . . 9 cases 



Butter 1 4 bags 



Cheese 6 



Tea . 



Fodder 



Pemmican .... 

 Cereals 



2 tins 

 2 bale 

 6 bags 



Cocoa 6 bags 



Oil ii cans 



Oats 3 sacks 



Sugar 6 bags 



Chocolate 6 " 



Raisins 6 " 



Treacle . 2 " 



The cairn is now like this : 



We left at 5 P.M. and started to march to Hut Point non- 

 stop run as I wished to get my gear nicely dried at C. Evans 

 before going out with Meares on the 2Oth. We had no wish to 

 remain at Corner Camp, as all the time we were digging it was 

 drifting a little and blowing about 5, temperature 32 about 

 all we could ' stick.' After striking camp we marched till 10.30 

 P.M., doing 9-5 miles by sledgemeter. When 4 miles from Corner 

 Camp the wind dropped to a calm. At 10.30 had pemmican and 

 tea, then at midnight started off, and steering by stars kept on 

 a W.N.W. course till about 5 A.M. (September 14), when we 

 had a light breakfast of tea and biscuit. Off again before 6, and 

 continued marching until we came to the edge of the Barrier 

 about 12.45. We did not stop at Safety Camp, but marched 

 straight to Hut Point, arriving at 3 P.M. At the hut we had a 

 meal of tea and chapatties which Forde made. We ate steadily 

 till about 5.30, and then discussed marching to C. Evans. Had 

 we started we might have got in by 3 A.M., but not before; but 

 we had marched all through one night, and besides digging out 

 Corner Camp we had marched 30 miles 40 yds. by sledgemeter, 



