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SCO'IT'S LAST EXPEDITION [November 
the wind falls and the sun steadily increases its heat. 
The two parties in front of us camped 5 miles beyond 
Safety Camp, and we reached their camp some half or 
three-quarters of an hour later. All the ponies arc 
tethered in good order, but most of them are tired — 
Chinaman and Jehu very tired. Nearly all arc inclined 
to be off feed, but this is very temporary, I think. We 
have built walls, but there is no wind and the sun gets 
warmer every minute. 
Mirage. — Very marked waving effect to east. Small 
objects greatly exaggerated and showing as dark vertical 
lines. 
1 p.m. — Feeding time. Woke the party, and Oates 
served out the rations — all ponies feeding well. It is a 
sweltering day, the air breathless, the glare intense — one 
loses sight of the fact that the temperature is low (-22 0 ) 
— one's mind seeks comparison in hot sunlit streets and 
scorching pavements, yet six hours ago my thumb was 
frostbitten. All the inconveniences of frozen footwear and 
damp clothes and sleeping-bags have vanished entirely. 
A petrol tin is near the camp and a note stating that 
the motor passed at 9 p.m. 28th, going strong— they have 
4 to 5 days' lead and should surely keep it. 
< Bones has eaten Christopher's goggles.' 
This announcement by Crcan, meaning that Bones had 
demolished the protecting fringe on Christopher's bridle. 
These fringes promise very well — Christopher without his 
is blinking in the hot sun. 
Saturday, November 4. — Camp 2. Led march— started 
in what I think will now become the settled order. Atkin- 
