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tea and crackers we rolled into our bags to think and to 

 sleep. 



We did not make much progress to-day, only three miles, 

 but we found a mistake in our latitude from yesterday, which 







WE CAMPED ON THIS VERY HEAVY ICE. 



gave us 6' more northing; but it seems almost too good to 

 be true. 



Temperature at 7 A.M. 25 C. Wind N.E., fifteen to 

 twenty-five miles an hour. Lat. 71 29' N. 



Saturday, April 6. Instead of the weather abating as we 

 expected, the wind has increased, and going on is quite out of 

 the question. The enforced rest yesterday was pleasant, but 

 repeating the experiment to-day is too much of a good thing, 

 and we are not quite so pleased. However, it gives the dogs a 

 good rest, so it may do some good in the end, if ever we strike 

 good ice. It gives a pleasant feeling of security to know that 

 we are camped on this very heavy ice, as it is at least three to 

 four times as thick as the surrounding floes, and we are in no 

 danger of it giving way under us, as thinner ice might do. 

 The rule " no work, no food," is followed to a certain extent 

 to-day, as we cut our ration down by one-third and also used 

 still less of our own food by taking dog pemmican instead of man 

 pemmican. We had not used our tea ration, so we had plenty 



