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and work in ; not like yesterda}', when all one's tackle 

 o'ot wet; it is worst of all when one is lashino-, for then 

 one cannot keep the line taut. This sun is a welcome 

 friend ; I thought I was almost tired of it before when it 

 was always there ; but how glad we are to see it now, and 

 how it cheers one. I can hardly get it out of my head 

 that it is a glorious, fresh June morning home by the bay. 

 Only let us soon have water, so that we can use our 

 kayaks, and it will not be long before we are home. 



" To-day,* for the first time on the whole of this 

 journey, we have dealt out rations for breakfast, both of 

 butter, 1 1 ounces, and aleuronate bread, 6| ounces. We 

 must keep to weights in order to be certain the pro- 

 visions will last out, and I shall take stock properly of 

 what we have left before we go farther. 



"Happiness is, indeed, short-lived. The sun has 

 gone again, the sky is overcast, and snowfiakes are be- 

 ginning to fall. 



"Wednesday, June 5th. Still at the same spot, but 

 it is to be hoped it will not be long before we are able to 

 get off. The weather was fine yesterday, after all, and so 

 summer-like to sit out and work and bask in the sun ; 

 and then to look out over the water and the ice, with the 

 frlitterinfj waves and snow ! , -» 



* Until this day we had eaten what we required without weighing out 

 rations. It proved that, after all, we did not eat more than what I had 

 originally allowed per day — i.e., i kilo, of dried food. We now reduced 

 these day's rations considerably. 



