THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC 



these great designs and the play of nature in her grandest 

 moods for the first time, and possibly they may never 

 be seen by man again. Poor Marshall had another 

 four miles' walk this evening, for he found that he had 

 lost his Jaeger jacket off the sledge. He had therefore 

 to tramp back uphill for it, and found it two miles away 

 on the trail. Socks is not feeding well. He seems 

 lonely without his companions. We gave him a drink 

 of thaw water this evening, but he did not seem to appre- 

 ciate it, preferring the snow at his feet. 



