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but not very fast ; the Western Party will leave after us, 
of that there is no doubt now. It is trying that they 
should be wasting the season in this way. All things 
considered, I shall be glad to get away and put our fortune 
to the test. 
Monday, October 30. — We had another beautiful day 
yesterday, and one began to feel that the summer really had 
come ; but to-day, after a line morning, we have a return 
to blizzard conditions. It is blowing a howling gale as I 
write. Yesterday Wilson, Crean, P.O. Evans, and I donned 
our sledging kit and camped by the bergs for the benefit 
of Ponting and his cinematograph ; he got a series of 
films which should be about the most interesting of all 
his collection. I imagine nothing will take so well as 
these scenes of camp life. 
On our return we found Meares had returned ; he and 
the dogs well. He told us that (Lieut.) Evans had come 
into Hut Point on Saturday to fetch a personal bag left 
behind there. Evans reported that Lashly's motor 
had broken down near Safety Camp ; they found the 
big end smashed up in one cylinder and traced it to a 
faulty casting ; they luckily had spare parts, and Day and 
Lashly worked all night on repairs in a temperature of 
-25 0 . By the morning repairs were completed and 
they had a satisfactory trial run, dragging on loads with 
both motors. Then Evans found out his loss and returned 
on ski, whilst, as I gather, the motors proceeded ; I don't 
quite know how, but I suppose they ran one on at a time. 
On account of this accident and because some of our 
hardest worked people were badly hit by the two days' 
