CHAPTER V 
On October 29 the mules all came down with their leaders 
lo Hut Point and everything was ready for a start on 
the journey south. It was decided to march at night 
as we Jiad done in the previous season, so that the mules 
would be moving during this cold time and camp during 
tlic warm portion of the day. 
At 7.30. r.M. on October 30 the seven mules and eight 
men making up tlie Pony Party started south. C. S. 
Wright was in command, as he was a skilled navigator. 
The mules and their leaders were as follows : 
E. W. Nelson, leading Khan Sahib ; T. Gran, leading 
Lai Khan ; W. Lashly, leading Pyaree ; T. Crean, lead- 
ing Rani ; T. Williamson, leading Gulab ; P. Keohane, 
leading Begum ; F. J. Hooper, leading Abdullah. 
Wright was in command and went ahead, setting the 
course and standing by to give any help he could. The 
mules' weights up to Corner Camp would not exceed 
1^00 lbs. This was because of the deep and bad surface 
Lisuallv occurring over tliis area. The tents were under 
Wright and Nelson. It was proposed to march twelve 
geographical miles every night, but, as their progress 
was uncertain, the question of tliis distance was left 
entirely to Wright's judgment. 
