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our last kill and found tlic bay ice had broken away to 
within 3 or 4 feet of the carcases, but none of the meat 
had gone, for wliich we were very thankful. In the 
afternoon it was blowing very hard again, and we all got 
frostbitten carrying up the meat. 
July — After two days of warm snowy weather 
with a moderate S.K. bree'/.e tlie wind has again swung 
to tlic west and is blowing a gale. Signs and tracks of 
seals are numerous and we liave seen several swimming 
near the ice foot. I think our lean days are over. 
August 3. — It has been blowing tlie same Jiard 
westerly wind, clear and cold. Browning got his hand 
badly frostbitten getting sea ice. It ' went ' riglit up 
to the wrist and he was a long lime bringing it round. 
I w:dked over to the piedmont in the allernoon to look' 
for some penguins we had depoted there. T\\v bay ice 
had held well. On the piedmont it was blowing hard, 
with drift, but evidently a low level wind, as liall-way 
up the hills at an altitude of about 1000 feet lay a thin 
stratus cloud, above which there was no drift o(T the hills. 
The sky was very fine to the north. 
August 7.— To-day and yesterday have been very 
warm, the weatJier overcast, with snow and drift, and 
our door continually drifting up. Abbott and Browning 
improved the entrance by building a torpedo-boat hatch 
out of ski sticks and snow bkjcks. We felt the inc rrased 
draugiit for tlie blubber stove immediately. The heavy 
snow of the last month has buried our whole hut about 
3 ft. deeper and made it mucJi warmer. Our trouble 
now is tJie water that drips from the roof whenever wc 
