BACK AT WINTER QUARTERS 



I turned in at 2 a.m. for a few hours' sleep. It had been 

 blowing hard with thick drift, so the motor had not 

 been able to start for Glacier Tongue. On my way to 

 Cape Royds I noticed several seals with young ones, 

 evidently just born. Murray tells me that the temperature 

 has been plus 22° Fahr. 



November 1. — Had breakfast at 6 a.m., and Murray 

 came on the car with me, Day driving. There was 

 a fresh easterly wind. We left Cape Royds at 8 a.m., 

 and arrived off Inaccessible Island at twenty minutes 

 past eight, having covered a distance of eight miles. 

 The car was running very well. Then off Tent Island 

 we left the car, and hauled the sledge, with the wire 

 rope, &c, round to our camp off Glacier Tongue. Got 

 under way at 10 a.m., and reached Hut Point at 2 p.m., 

 the ponies pulling 500 and 550 lb. each. Grisi bolted 

 with his sledge, but soon stopped. The ponies pulled 

 very well, with a bad light and a bad surface. We 

 arranged the packing of the sledges in the afternoon, 

 but we are held up because of Socks. His foot is 

 seriously out of order. It is almost a disaster, for we 

 want every pound of hauling power. This evening 

 it is snowing hard, with no wind. Adams' leg is much 

 better. Wild noticed a seal giving birth to a pup. The 

 baby measured 3 ft. 10 in. in length, and weighed 50 lb. 

 I turned in early to-night, for I had done thirty-nine 

 miles in the last twenty-four hours. 



November 2. — Dull and snowy during the early hours 

 of to-day. When we awoke we found that Quan had 

 bitten through his tether and played havoc with the 

 maize and other fodder. Directly he saw me coming 

 down the ice foot, he started off, dashing from one 

 sledge to another, tearing the bags to pieces and tramp- 

 ling the food out. It was ten minutes before we caught 

 him. Luckily, one sledge of fodder was untouched. 



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