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 25th.—\t 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 day; 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 
