94 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 



could not speak, or only jerkily, because he was shaking 

 all over. I thought he was in for ague, or had got it, 

 and I fed him with quinine. 



It was useless to reproach myself now for having 

 taken him ; I had to make the best of it. But I was 

 very much concerned. I had never realised till then 

 that people could feel the cold like that. 



June 25/72. — It was 4.15 a.m. : I could not let Hyland 

 stop still, the more so as he seemed disinclined to move. 

 So I got him up and moved him on. As he went he 

 gradually shook off the shakiness, and by 7 a.m., when 

 the fog cleared, seemed really all right, so we stopped 

 for breakfast. Our allowance was four lunch biscuits 

 each clay; we now ate two apiece and spread on them 

 some potted grouse. Also we made some cocoa, boiling 

 the water with our methylated spirits. 



We did not find a fordable place till noon. The river 

 had been running most curiously in large horse-shoes, 

 and always there was one side where the current ran 

 hard and deep. But now it straightened out. 



I felt very mean. In my long boots I was able to 

 walk across. Hyland's boots were not long enough, and 

 he had to take off his breeches again and wade. 



At one o'clock we stopped for food and sleep. Poor 

 Hyland, who was quite done up, dropped on the ground 

 and was asleep in a moment. I was very anxious to 

 husband the spirit as much as possible, so after throwing 



