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over to windward, and at every gust I was pitched to 

 leeward, while a dozen times or more I was taken off 

 my feet and dashed against the ground or against 

 unfriendly boulders. The other two had equally bad 

 times. Dickason hurt his knee and ankle and lost 

 his sheath-knife, and Campbell lost a compass and 

 some revolver cartridges in the two trips they made. 

 Altogether it was lucky we got across at all. Abbott 

 and Browning were compelled to depot the boxes, but 

 they returned for our primus and cooker, and by the 

 time they had completed this first trip it was so late 

 that we had only time to send them for some sea water 

 and blubber before they had to return to their own tent. 

 We got most of our necessary articles over, however, 

 and have enjoyed a thoroughly good though insufficient 

 hoosh in our new home, the first of many equally good, 

 I hope and expect, for I 'don't think there is the slightest 

 chance of the ship coming. We then spread a seal- 

 skin on the floor, sat on it until we had thawed out 

 the humps, spread two floor-cloths over it, and turned 

 in, first converting the tent into a door to keep out 

 most of the drift. 



It is good to lie in one's bag and not to hear the 

 flapping of the tent, but until we get the insulation 

 finished the cave is going to be very cold. I have 

 eaten a pint of blubber to-night in great thick slices, 

 and feel much the better for it, but I have also antici- 

 pated to-morrow's biscuit allowance, for we had to 

 bring it over loose, and this was too much for my 

 fortitude. We sang some hymns to-night, but could 

 not remember many. 



The gale raged without cessation during the i8th, 

 but we were able to work steadily at the cave, which 





