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left the two sledges, with 660 lb. of oil and 500 lb. of oatmeal, 
sugar, and sundries, at Safety Camp and returned to Hut Point. 
The dogs shared the work on this journey. The next day 
Mackintosh and his companions took the motor to Cape Evans, 
hauling it with its grip-wheels mounted on a sledge. After a 
pause due to bad weather, a party of eight men took another 
load to Hut Point on September 24, and on to Safety Camp the 
next day. They got back to Cape Evans on the 26th. Richards 
meanwhile had overhauled the motor and given it some trial 
runs on the sea-ice. But he reported that the machine w^as not 
working satisfactorily, and Mackintosh decided not to persevere 
with it. 
" Everybody is up to his eyes in work," nms the last 
entry in the journal left by Mackintosh at Cape Evans. " All 
gear is being overhauled, and personal clothing is having the 
last stitches. We have been improvising shoes to replace the 
finneskoe, of which we are badly short. Wild has made an 
excellent shoe out of an old horse-rug he found here, and this 
is being copied by other men. I have made myself a pair of 
mits out of an old sleeping-bag. Last night I had a bath, the 
second since being here. ... I close this journal to-day (Sep- 
tember 30) and am packing it with my papers here. To-morrow 
we start for Hut Point. Nine of us are going on the sledge 
party for laying depots — namely, Stevens, Spencer-Smith, Joyce, 
Wild, Cope, Hayward, Jack, Richards, and myself. Gaze, who 
is stUl suffering from bad feet, is remaining behind and will 
probably be relieved by Stevens after our first trip. With us 
we take three months' provisions to leave at Hut Point. I 
continue this journal in another book, which I keep with me." 
The nine men reached Hut Point on October 1. They took 
the last loads with them. Three sledges and three tents were 
to be taken on to the Barrier, and the parties were as follows : 
No. 1 : Mackintosh, Spencer-Smith, and Wild ; No. 2 : Joyce, 
Cope, and Richards ; No. 3 : Jack, Hayward, and Gaze. On 
October 3 and 4 some stores left at Half- Way Camp were 
brought in, and other stores were moved on to Safety Camp. 
Bad weather delayed the start of the depot-laying expedition 
from Hut Point until October 9. 
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