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and a less load T knew wo slunild have a hard task when 
Nelson and Anttni left us. 
We left Butter Point on tin* iSlli, and after seeing us 
well started the ' Convoy Conunando ' exelianged iarewells. 
We gave them three cheers and Nelson and sturdy little 
Anton marched steadily across to Cape Royds, thirt\' miles 
away. Henceforth for over three months we were lett 
toour own devices. Wew^ere now really starting, although 
the relaying to date had almost totalled a hundred miles, 
in all of whicli Nelson's assistance liad been in\aUiab]e. 
So we moved off, Dehenham linking in ; for to our 
great joy his leg was certainix' not worse lor its drastic 
treatment. The sun was bright and we wiue amber or 
green glasses. Through them the snow looked like tlie 
rippled sand at the mouth of a shallow river. I*\>rde 
turned out in an Antarctic ]\inama with a brim sliglitly 
less than a yard wide, (uan and Dcbcnham hatl felt 
liats with ear flaps. I just lied my fell hal down a la 
coal scuttle until it was too cold, and then we had to wear 
our ' balaclava ' helmets. 
Now we started a iortnight's rela\ing. \\\\ir\' work 
at best, but when the course lies on sea-ice— wliich nuiy 
go out any day — aiul your retreat is barred by a Acrlical 
ice-barrier thirty feel higli, an anxious time as well. 
Wc now started a regular routine of five stage's a da)'. 
After breakfast we packed the sledges and left tlie ' biscuit ' 
sledge flagged at our camp. 1'hen puslied on about a mile 
with the ' tent ' sledge. Haggcd that and tramped back 
to the other. Pulled it to llie 'tent' sledge and then 
rested five minutes and criticised the Antarctic generally 
