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Pyaree started lame, but within a few days had lost 
any slight trouble which she had. Gulab had proved that 
he would chafe easily with the breast harness, and in his 
case a collar was taken as well. Their first day they 
did twelve miles, camping about six miles to the S.E. 
of Safety Camp. Where the sea ice joined the Barrier 
there was a wide tide-crack, and Khan Sahib unluckily 
fell partially into this ; he was a very quiet animal, and 
with the aid of an Alpine rope and hauling on his fore-legs 
they got him up and over on to the surface. 
The next day they made good another twelve miles 
over a slightly worse surface, camping within six miles 
of Corner Camp. Owing to the dogs' experience in the 
earlier part of the year, we realised that this area was 
more crevassed than it had been previously, I had 
left it to Wright's judgment as to whether the leaders 
of the mules were to be linked up by the Alpine rope 
in going over these last six miles. He thought it fit to 
do this and they proceeded in that order. The surface 
they encountered was exceedingly deep and heavy, and 
only two of the mules struck crevasses and these, luckily, 
without any mishap. The mules were so tired when they 
had finished the six miles to Corner Camp that Wright 
decided to remain there for half a day. 
On November i the two dog-teams, with Cherry- 
Garrard, Demetri, and myself, started to follow the mules. 
The dogs' loads, which had been made out to allow about 
75 lbs. per dog, proved to be heavy from the start ; the 
progress was exceedingly slow and we completed fifteen 
miles for the first day. The next day, again over a very 
