WINTER MONTHS 
training, and feeding of their own dogs. They called in o!ie 
of the surgeons when an animal was sick. We were still losing 
some dogs through worms, and it was unfortunate that the 
doctors had not the proper remedies. Worm-powders were to 
have been proAdded by the expert Canadian dog-driver I had 
engaged before sailing for the south, and when this man did 
not join the Expedition the matter was overlooked. We had 
fifty-four dogs and eight pups early in April, but several were 
ailing, and the number of mature dogs was reduced to fifty by 
the end of the month. Our store of seal meat amounted now 
to about 5000 lb., and I calculated that we had enough meat 
and blubber to feed the dogs for ninety days without trenching 
upon the sledging rations. The teams were working well, often 
with heavy loads. The biggest dog was Hercules, who tipped 
the beam at 86 lb. Samson was 11 lb. lighter, but he justified 
his name one day by starting off at a smart pace Avith a sledge 
carrying 200 lb. of blubber and a driver. 
A new berg that was going to give us some cause for anxiety 
made its appearance on the 14th, It was a big berg, and we 
noticed as it lay on the north-west horizon that it had a hum- 
mocky, crevassed appearance at the east end. During the day 
this berg increased its apparent altitude and changed its bearing 
slightly. Evidently it was aground and was holding its position 
against the drifting pack. A sounding at 11 a.m. gave 197 
fathoms, with a hard stony or rocky bottom. During the 
next twenty-four hoiu's the Endurance moved steadily towards 
the crevassed berg, which doubled its altitude in that tmie. 
We could see from the mast-head that the pack was piling 
and rafting against the mass of ice, and it was easy to imagine 
what would be the fate of the ship if she entered the area of 
disturbance. She would be crushed like an egg-shell amid the 
shattering masses. 
Worsley was in the crow's-nest on the evening of the 15tb, 
watching for signs of land to the westward, and he reported an 
interesting phenomenon. The sun set amid a glow of prismatic 
colours Oil a line of clouds just above the Lorizon. A minute 
later Worsley saw a golden glow, which expanded as }ie watched 
it, and presently the sun appeared again and rose a semi- 
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