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works of others, which is far from being the case, but 
that his energies centre devotedly on the minutiae of his 
business. 
Cherry-Garrard is another of the open-air, self-effacing, 
quiet workers ; his whole heart is in the life, with profound 
eagerness to help everyone. * One has caught glimpses 
of him in tight places ; sound all through and pretty 
hard also.' Indoors he is editing our Polar journal, 
out of doors he is busy making trial stone huts and blubber 
stoves, primarily with a view to the winter journey to 
Cape Crozier, but incidentally these are instructive ex- 
periments for any party which may get into difficulty 
by being cut off from the home station. It is very well 
to know how best to use the scant resources that Nature 
provides in these regions. In this connection I have 
been studying our Arctic library to get details concerning 
snow-hut building and the implements used for it. 
Oatcs' whole heart is in the ponies. He is really 
devoted to their care, and I believe will produce them in 
the best possible form for the sledging season. Opening 
out the stores, installing a blubber stove, &c, has kept 
him busy, whilst his satellite, Anton, is ever at work in 
the stables — an excellent little man. 
P.O. Evans and Crean arc repairing sleeping-bags, 
covering felt boots, and generally working on sledging kit. 
In fact there is no one idle, and no one who has the least 
prospect of idleness. 
Saturday, May 6. — Two more days of calm, interrupted 
with occasional gusts. 
Yesterday, Friday evening, Taylor gave an intro- 
