i9i2] A SICK COMRADE 571 
to get slack and slow with our camping arrangements, and 
small delays increase. I have talked of the matter to-night 
and hope for improvement. We cannot do distance with- 
out the ponies. The next depot* some 30 miles away 
and nearly 3 days' food in hand. 
Thursday, February 15.— R. 29. Lunch Temp. -io°; 
Supper Temp. -4 0 . 13-5 miles. Again we are running 
short of provision. We don't know our distance from the 
depot, but imagine about 20 miles. Heavy march — 
did *3f (g co 0- We are pulling for food and not very 
strong evidently. In the afternoon it was overcast ; land 
blotted out for a considerable interval. We have reduced 
food, also sleep; feeling rather done. Trust l\ days 
or 2 at most will sec us at depot. 
Friday , February 16. — 12-5 m. Lunch Temp. -6*1°; 
Supper Temp. -7 0 . A rather trying position. Evans 
has nearly broken down in brain, we think. He is abso- 
lutely changed from his normal self-reliant self. This 
morning and this afternoon he stopped the march on some 
trivial excuse. We are on short rations with not very 
short food ; spin out till to-morrow night. We cannot 
be more than 10 or 12 miles from the depot, but the 
weather is all against us. After lunch we were enveloped 
in a snow sheet, land just looming. Memory should hold 
the events of a very troublesome march with more troubles 
ahead. Perhaps all will be well if we can get to our 
depot to-morrow fairly early, but it is anxious work with 
the sick man. But it's no use meeting troubles half way, 
and our sleep is all too short to write more. 
* The Lower Glacier Dcp6t. 
