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rocks. These we examined, but found no sandstone. 
The drift was very thick, and, about 2, getting on 
undulating broken ice, I thought it advisable to pitch 
one tent, lunch, and wait for the weather to clear. About 
3.30 the wind became rather worse, so we pitched the 
other tent and camped, the distance covered in the day 
being 3 miles. Browning looked very bad, but Dickason's 
condition is still improving. 
October 4. — Blowing hard, with blinding drift. We 
delayed breakfast until 9 a.m., hoping it would clear, but 
as there was no improvement in the weather we turned 
in again, and as we were not marching we went on half 
rations of biscuit. Very cold. 
October 5. — Turned out at six to find a slight improve- 
ment, so had breakfast ; but before we finished the wind 
and drift came down on us again as bad as ever, so that 
there was nothing for it but to coil down in our bags and 
wait. About noon the weather improved and we were 
off. The surface soon changed for the better and we 
made good way through some more scattered moraines 
which came from the Reeves Glacier. We noticed a 
marked open water sky to our left and front and pulled 
on till 6 P.M., hoping to make the inlet, as we wanted 
salt ice for the hoosh, but without attaining our object. 
It is impossible to pull longer, as the days are still short 
and we have no candles. We have made about six miles. 
October 6. — We turned out at 5.45 to find the weather 
thick, but blue sky to the northward. We were back 
on a snow surface again, so we took the precaution of 
waxing the runners, with good results. 
