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RESULT OF SIX DAYS' WORK 
in 
a rather chill wind from the south. The hut is progress- 
ing famously. In two more working days we ought to 
have everything necessary on shore. 
Tuesday, January 10. — We have been six days in 
McMurdo Sound and to-night I can say we are landed. 
Were it impossible to land another pound we could go on 
without hitch. Nothing like it has been done before ; 
nothing so expeditious and complete. This morning the 
main loads were fodder. Sledge after sledge brought 
the bales, and early in the afternoon the last (except for 
about a ton stowed with Eastern Party stores) was brought 
on shore. Some addition to our patent fuel was made 
in the morning, and later in the afternoon it came in a 
steady stream. We have more than 12 tons and could 
make this do if necessity arose. 
In addition to this oddments have been arriving all 
day — instruments, clothing, and personal effects. Our 
camp is becoming so perfect in its appointments that I 
am almost suspicious of some drawback hidden by the 
summer weather. 
The hut is progressing apace, and all agree that it 
should be the most perfectly comfortable habitation. ' It 
amply repays the time and attention given to the planning.' 
The sides have double boarding inside and outside the 
frames, with a layer of our excellent quilted seaweed insu- 
lation between each pair of boardings. The roof has a 
single matchboarding inside, but on the outside is a match- 
boarding, then a layer of 2-ply f ruberoid, 5 then a layer of 
quilted seaweed, then a second matchboarding, and finally a 
cover of 3-ply * ruberoid.' The first floor is laid, but over this 
