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gave a pleasant heat all the time. Later we found that it did 

 not work so well in a draught, and was a trouble in the open ; 

 but we cooked most of our meals on it in December and 

 January, as will appear. 



That evening I had a walk round High Cliff" and found 

 a regular " Niagara " rushing down the face of the glacier 

 in a tinkling stream as much as an inch deep ! This was at 

 midnight on the 2nd of November, and the temperature 

 was seventeen degrees below freezing ! It shows the strong 

 radiant effect of the sun on black rocks even at midnight. 



This event — marking the oncoming of reasonable weather 

 — closed our sojourn at winter quarters during 191 1. 



