HUNGER AND SICKNESS 



birthday, celebrated with two lumps of sugar, making 

 five each in cocoa. 



February 3. — Started with new sledge and 150 lb. 

 more weight at 8.40 a.m.; camped 5.30 p.m. Only five 

 miles; awfully soft snow surface. All acute dysentery 

 due to meat. Trust that sleep will put us right. 

 Could go no further to-night. Wild very bad, self 

 weaker, others assailed also. Bad light, short food, 

 surface worse than ever. Snow one foot deep. Got 

 up 4.30 a.m. after going to bed 11 p.m. No more to- 

 night. Temperature plus 5° Fahr. Dull. 



February 4. — Cannot write more. All down with 

 acute dysentery; terrible day. No march possible; 

 outlook serious. . . . Fine weather. 



February 5. — Eight miles to-day ; dead tired. Dysen- 

 tery better, but Adams not too right. Camped at 5.30 

 p.m. We are picking up the mounds well. Too weak on 

 half ration to write much. Still hanging on to geological 

 specimens. Please God we will get through all right. 

 Great anxiety. 



February 6. — Did 10 miles to-day. All better and 

 a better surface. Terribly hungry. Six biscuits per day 

 and one pannikin horse-meat each meal. Picked up 

 November 28 mound and made camp. I do trust this 

 hunger will not weaken us too much. It has been great 

 anxiety. Thank God the dysentery stopped and the sur- 

 face better. We may do more to-morrow, as there 

 are signs of wind from the south-east. Temperature plus 

 9° Fahr. 



February 7. — Blowing hard blizzard. Kept going till 

 6 p.m. Adams and Marshall renewed dysentery. Dead 

 tired. Short food; very weak. 



February 8. — Did 12 miles. We had fine weather 

 after 10 a.m. Started from camp in blizzard. Adams 

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