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all agreed that wr could not ha\'c l>otUM"tHl our t'lollnnj^. 
1 was loolisli m starluii; wilh a vest wliuli 1 iiad woru 
sonic lime aiul which IkuI stretched. A tdose -fil I lui; vest 
would have been much warmer. As it was, on the march 
on the stillest tlay there seemed to he a thauidit Mowmj^ 
strai^^hl u]-) n\y hack. 
lie tore we had been many da \ s m t liese vcvy C(^ld 
temperal ures our clothes used to Iree/e st) still in a h'w 
seconds alter steppmi^ outside the lent, tliat Irom our 
waists upwards we could never mo\'e oui' hod\' or heads 
from that position until they were thawed out ai^aiii at 
the next meal. We therelore iM)t into the w.w ol r,ettm_i^ 
Irozcn in a ]''t)Sit ion which would he most condor t a hie. Our 
anus we moved \vilh a i^ood deal ol slraiuiui.^, and };ettin|; 
into i)ur harness was alvva\s a lonr^ jol\ all (hicc iloini; 
one set ()[ harness at a time. \\c i';ol into the \va\' ol 
doing everything with mils on and very slowK', stopping 
immetliately our hands were going, and restoring t he 
circulation. 
Rouiine, — We used to turn in h)r at least seven hours. 
This was the worst ]\art of the da)', and hreakiast (o 
mc became in conseipuaice (pule the hesi meal. Some- 
times 1 used to feel like shoulitig that it nuist he time to 
get up. (kU ting under weii^h in the morning used to 
take generally a little under lour hours, 3:\ hours as far 
as 1 can remember was go( )d. ( iJoi ug out we hail the jM imus 
going a large j^arl of I he lime, though we 1 11 rued it low alter 
the meal was cooked. In the worst times we used to ligJit 
the ]>iimus while we weri- in our bags in the moriuii); 
and keej) it going until we were just getting or had 
