THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC 



and Marshall still dysentery; Wild and I all right. Feel 

 starving for food. Talk of it all day. Any- 

 how, getting north, thank God. Sixty -nine miles to 

 Chinaman depot. 



February 9. — Strong following blizzard, and did 14^ 

 miles to north. Adams not fit yet. All thinking and 

 talking of food. 



February 10. — Strong following wind. Did 20 miles 

 300 yards. Temperature plus 22° Fahr. All thinking 

 and talking of food. 



February 11. — We did 16>4 miles to-day, and con- 

 tinued to pick up the mounds, which is a great com- 

 fort. The temperature is plus 20° Fahr. to-night. All 

 our thoughts are of food. We ought to reach the 

 depot in two days. Now we are down to half a pannikin 

 of meat and five biscuits a day. Adams not all right 

 yet, and Wild shaky to-night. Good surface and fol- 

 lowing wind. We were up at 4.45 a.m. and camped 

 at 6 p.m. 



February 12. — Fine day, with no wind. We were 

 up at 4.30 a.m., and marched till 6 p.m., doing miles. 

 Adams sighted the depot flag at 6 p.m. The temperature 

 has ranged from plus 5° to plus 20° Fahr. Passed sas- 

 trugi running south-south-east in the afternoon. Slight 

 westerly wind. Very tired. 



February 13. — Breakfast at 4.40 a.m. We packed 

 up, with a cold wind blowing, and reached the depot, 

 with all our food finished, at 11.30 a.m. There we got 

 Chinaman's liver, which we have had to-night. It 

 tasted splendid. We looked round for any spare bits 

 of meat, and while I was digging in the snow I came 

 across some hard red stuff, Chinaman's blood frozen into 

 a solid core. We dug it up, and found it a welcome 

 addition to our food. It was like beef -tea when 



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