SPRING 313 



" 30M October 191 1. 



" This morning before getting the car on the way had 

 to reconstruct our loads as Mr. Day's car is finished and 

 no more use for further service. We have got all four of us 

 with one car now, things seems to be going fairly well, but 

 we are still troubled with the overheating which means to 

 say half our time is wasted. We can see dawning on us the 

 harness before long. We covered seven miles and camped 

 for the night. We are now about six miles from Corner 

 Camp. 



" 2,1st October 191 1. 



"Got away with difficulty, and nearly reached Corner 

 Camp, but the weather was unkind and forced us to camp 

 early. One thing we have been able to bring along a good 

 supply of pony food and most of the man food, but so far 

 the motor sledges have proved a failure. 



" 1st November 191 1. 



" Started away with the usual amount of agony, and 

 soon arrived at Corner Camp where we left a note to Captain 

 Scott explaining the cause of our breakdown. I told Mr. 

 Evans to say this sledge won't go much farther. After 

 getting about a mile past Corner Camp my engine gave out 

 finally, so here is an end to the motor sledges. I can't say 

 I am sorry because I am not, and the others are, I think, of 

 the same opinion as myself. We have had a heavy task 

 pulling the heavy sledges up every time we stopped, which 

 was pretty frequent, even now we have to start man-haul- 

 ing we shall not be much more tired than we have already 

 been at night when we had finished. Now comes the man- 

 hauling part of the show, after reorganizing our sledge and 

 taking aboard all the man food we can pull, we started with 

 1 90 lbs. per man, a strong head wind made it a bit uncom- 

 fortable for getting along, anyhow we made good about 

 three miles and camped for the night. The surface not 

 being very good made the travelling a bit heavy. 



"After three days' man-hauling. 



" 5th November 191 1. 



"Made good about 14J miles, if the surface would 



