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it still remained, though the cracks are getting more open. 
We should be in a hole if it went.* 
As I came down the hill yesterday I saw a strange 
figure advancing and found it belonged to Griffith Taylor. 
He and his party had returned safely. They were very 
full of their adventures. The main part of their work 
seems to be rediscovery of many facts which were noted 
but perhaps passed over too lightly in the Discovery — 
but it is certain that the lessons taught by the physio- 
graphical and ice features will now be thoroughly explained. 
A very interesting fact lies in the continuous bright 
sunshiny weather which the party enjoyed during the 
first four weeks of their work. They seem to have 
avoided all our stormy winds and blizzards. 
But I must leave Griffith Taylor to tell his own story, 
which will certainly be a lengthy one. The party gives 
Evans [P.O.] a very high character. 
To-day we have a large seal-killing party. I hope to 
get in a good fortnight's allowance of blubber as well as 
meat, and pray that our floe will remain. 
Friday , March 17, a.m. — We killed eleven seals at 
Pram Point on Wednesday, had lunch on the Point, and 
carried some half-ton of the blubber and meat back to 
camp — it was a stiff pull up the hill. 
Yesterday the last Corner Party started : E. Evans, 
Wright, Crean, and Forde in one team ; Bowers, Oates, 
Cherry-Garrard, and Atkinson in the other. It was very 
sporting of Wright to join in after only a day's rest. 
He is evidently a splendid puller. 
* Because the seals would cease to come up. 
