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equal to 34-6 stat. miles, which on top of a day's work was good 

 enough for me. We therefore prepared the hut for the night. 

 Turned in about 7 and soon fell asleep. Gran woke Forde and 

 myself about 10 P.M. with cocoa and porridge, both of which 

 were splendid. We then slept till 9 A.M. on the I5th. 



September 15, 1912. Turned out at 9 A.M., cooked a fine 

 breakfast, and then washed all the cooking gear, cleared out the 

 hut, got on our marching gear, and at 2 P.M. started off for C. 

 Evans. We had an easy march on the sea ice and arrived back 

 at 9.25 P.M. Found that the sledge party Capt. Scott is taking 

 W. had left that morning, and that I was not going on my sec- 

 ond trip to Corner Camp as the dogs will not start for another 

 month. I found by comparison that my watch had lost two sec- 

 onds since I left nearly a week ago. Turned in about 11.30 P.M., 

 and was soon snoring. 



Marching average: 



, ^ m. yds. 



Sat. Sept. 9, whole day ....'.'.". 19 1186 



Sun. " 10, half " 8 641 



Mon. " 1 1, whole " 12 1588 



Tues. " 1 2, half " 7 783 



Wed. " 13, whole " 3 1786 



Thu. " 14, " " 34 1040 



Fri. " 15, half " 15 264 



IO2 248 



Time out of hut, 6y 2 days. Allow off for two diggings and 

 blizzard 3^2 days, equals 5 days' marching. 



E. R. E. EVANS. 



