NEW LAND 
sealskins were placed over all, snow was piled on top and 
pressed into the joints, and then water was thrown over the 
structures to make everything firm. The ice was packed down 
flat inside and covered with snow for the dogs, which preferred, 
how^ever, to sleep outside except when the weather was extra- 
ordinarily severe. The tethering of the dogs was a simple matter. 
The end of a chain was buried about eight inches in the snow, 
some fragments of ice were pressed around it, and a little water 
poured over all. T'he icy breath of the Antarctic cemented 
it in a few moments. Four dogs which had been ailing 
were shot. Some of the dogs were suffering badly from worms, 
and the remedies at our disposal, unfortunately, were not 
effective. All the fit dogs were being exercised in the sledges, 
and they took to the work with enthusiasm. Sometimes their 
eagerness to be off and away produced laughable results, but 
the drivers learned to be alert. The wireless apparatus was 
still rigged, but we listened in vain for the Saturday-night time- 
signals from New Year Island, ordered for our benefit by the 
Argentine Government. On Sunday the 28th, Hudson waited 
at 2 a.m. for the Port Stanley monthly signals, but could hear 
nothing. Evidently the distances were too great for our 
small plant. 
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