Wi) A BETTER SURFACE 159 
Obs. Hill < Knoll 8oi° ; Mt. Terror N. 4 W. ; Obs. Hill 
N. 69 W.] 
Saturday, February 4, 8 a.m., 191 i. — Camp 6. A 
satisfactory night march, covering 10 miles and some 
hundreds of yards. 
Roused party at 10, when it was blowing quite hard 
from the S.E., with temperature below zero. It looked as 
though we should have a pretty cold start, but by the end 
of breakfast the wind had dropped and the sun shone forth. 
Started on a bad surface — ponies plunging a good 
deal for 2 miles or so, Bowers' ' Uncle Bill ' walking 
steadily on his snow-shoes. After this the surface 
improved and the marching became steadier. We camped 
for lunch after 5 miles. Going still better in the afternoon, 
except that we crossed several crevasses. Oates' pony 
dropped his legs into two of these and sank into one — 
oddly the other ponies escaped and we were the last. 
Some 2 miles from our present position the cracks 
appeared to cease, and in the last march we have got on 
to quite a hard surface on which the ponies drag their 
loads with great ease. This part seems to be swept by 
the winds which so continually sweep round Cape Crozier, 
and therefore it is doubtful if it extends far to the south, 
but for the present the going should be good. Had 
bright moonshine for the march, but now the sky has 
clouded and it looks threatening to the south. I think 
we may have a blizzard, though the wind is northerly at 
present. 
The ponies are in very good form ; < James Pigg ' 
remarkably recovered from his lameness. 
