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scene but put up a bold front and try to assist. I really 

 think he thought Mr. Evans had gone, but we managed to 

 pull him through. We used the last drop of brandy. After 

 awhile we got him on the sledge and proceeded as usual, 

 but finding the surface very bad and we were unable to 

 make less than a mile an hour, we stopped and decided to 

 camp. We told Mr. Evans of our plans, which were : 

 Crean should proceed, it being a splendid day, on foot to 

 Hut Point to obtain relief if possible. This we had agreed 

 to between ourselves. I offered to do the Journey and 

 Crean remain behind, but Tom said he would much rather 

 I stayed with the invalid and look after him, so I thought 

 it best I should remain, and these plans were agreed to by 

 all of us, so after we had camped the next thing was the 

 food problem. We had about a day's provisions with extra 

 biscuit taken from the motor, and a little extra oil taken 

 from the same place, so we gave Crean what he thought he 

 could manage to accomplish the Journey of 30 miles geo- 

 graphical on, which was a little chocolate and biscuits. We 

 put him up a little drink, but he would not carry it. What 

 a pity we did not have some ski, but we dumped them to 

 save weight. So Crean sailed away in splendid weather for 

 a try to bring relief. I was in a bit of a sweat all day and 

 remained up to watch the weather till long after midnight. 

 I was afraid of the weather, but it kept clear and I thought 

 he might have reached or got within easy distance of Hut 

 Point ; but there was the possibility of his dropping down 

 a crevasse, but that we had to leave to chance, but none the 

 more it was anxious moments as if it comes on to drift the 

 weather is very treacherous in these parts. After Crean 

 left I left Mr. Evans and proceeded to Corner Camp which 

 was about a mile away, to see if there was any provisions 

 left there that would be of use to us. I found a little butter, 

 a little cheese, and a little treacle that had been brought 

 there for the ponies. I also went back to the motor and got 

 a little more oil while the weather was fine. I also got a large 

 piece of burbery and tied on a long bamboo and stuck up 

 a big flag on our sledge so that anyone could not pass our 

 way without seeing us or our flag. I found a note left at 



