lOTi] MARCHING AVERAGE 297 
on the sea ice and arrived back at 9.25 p.m. Found tJiat 
the sledge party Capt. Scott is taking W. had left that 
morning, and that I was not going on my second trip 
to Comer Camp as the dogs will not start for another 
month. I found by comparison that my watch had lost 
two seconds since I left nearly a week ago. Turned in 
about 11.30 P.M., and was soon snoring. 
Marching average : 
Sat. Sept. 9, whole day . . . 19 11 86 
Sun. „ 10, half „ . . . 8 641 
Mon. „ II, w^holc „ ... 12 1588 
Tues. „ 12, half „ . . -7 7^3 
Wed. „ 13, whole „ . . -3 ^7^6 
Thu. „ 14, „ „ . . . 34 1040 
Fri. „ 15, half ,, . . .15 264 
102 248 
Time out of hut, 6J days. Allow ofT for two diggings 
and blizzard 3^ da)^s, equals 5 days' marching. 
