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' model ' and that the two had been climbing about the 
berg to get pictures. As far as I can make out Ponting 
did his best to keep Clissold in safety by lending him his 
crampons and ice axe, but the latter seems to have missed 
his footing after one of his 1 poses ' ; he slid over a rounded 
surface of ice for some 12 feet, then dropped 6 feet on to 
a sharp angle in the wall of the berg. 
He must have struck his back and his head ; the 
latter is contused and he is certainly suffering from slight 
concussion. He complained of his back before he grew 
unconscious and groaned a good deal when moved in the 
hut. He came to about an hour after getting to the hut, 
and was evidently in a good deal of pain ; neither Atkin- 
son nor Wilson thinks there is anything very serious, but 
he has not yet been properly examined and has had a 
fearful shock at the least. I still feel very anxious. 
To-night Atkinson has injected morphia and will watch 
by his patient. 
Troubles rarely come singly, and it occurred to me 
after Clissold had been brought in that Taylor, who had 
been bicycling to the Turk's Head, was overdue. We 
were relieved to hear that with glasses two figures could 
be seen approaching in South Bay, but at supper Wright 
appeared very hot and said that Taylor was exhausted 
in South Bay — he wanted brandy and hot drink. I 
thought it best to despatch another relief party, but 
before they were well round the point Taylor was seen 
coming over the land. He was fearfully done. He 
must have pressed on towards his objective long after his 
reason should have warned him that it was time to turn ; 
