CHAPTER XX 
THE LAST MARCH" 
Sunday, February 18.— R. 32. Temp. - 5-5°. At Shambles 
Camp. We gave ourselves 5 hours' sleep at the lower 
glacier depot after the horrible night, and came on 
at about 3 to-day to this camp, coming fairly easily 
over the divide. Here with plenty of horsemeat we 
have had a fine supper, to be followed by others such, 
and so continue a more plentiful era if we can keep 
good marches up. New life seems to come with greater 
food almost immediately, but I am anxious about the 
Barrier surfaces. 
Monday y February 19. — Lunch T. - 16 0 . It was late 
(past noon) before we got away to-day, as I gave nearly 
8 hours sleep, and much camp work was done shifting 
sledges* and fitting up new one with mast, &c, packing 
horsemeat and personal effects. The surface was every 
bit as bad as I expected, the sun shining brightly on it 
and its covering of soft loose sandy snow. We have come 
out about 2' on the old tracks. Perhaps lucky to have 
a fine day for this and our camp work, but we shall want 
wind or change of sliding conditions to do anything on 
* Sledges were left at the chief depots to replace damaged ones. 
