ion] A DOG DIES 109 
averaging 300 lbs. per man. The dogs, working five to a 
team, haul 5 to 6 cwt. and of course they travel much faster 
than either ponies or men. 
In this way we transported a large quantity of mis- 
cellaneous stores ; first about 3 tons of coal for present 
use, then zh tons of carbide, all the many stores, chimney 
and ventilators for the hut, all the biologists' gear — a 
big pile, the remainder of the physicists' gear and medical 
stores, and many old cases ; in fact a general clear up of 
everything except the two heavy items of forage and fuel. 
Later in the day we made a start on the first of these, and 
got 7 tons ashore before ceasing work. We close with a 
good day to our credit, marred by an unfortunate incident 
— one of the dogs, a good puller, was seen to cough after a 
journey ; he was evidently trying to bring something up — 
two minutes later he was dead. Nobody seems to know 
the reason, but a post-mortem is being held by Atkinson 
and I suppose the cause of death will be found. We can't 
afford to lose animals of any sort. 
All the ponies except three have now brought loads 
from the ship. Oates thinks these three are too nervous 
to work over this slippery surface. However, he tried one 
of the hardest cases to-night, a very fine pony, and got 
him in successfully with a big load. 
To-morrow we ought to be running some twelve or 
thirteen of these animals. 
Griffith Taylor's bolted on three occasions, the first 
two times more or less due to his own fault, but the third 
owing to the stupidity of one of the sailors. Nevertheless a 
third occasion couldn't be overlooked by his messmates, 
