CHAPTER IX 
IN WINTER QUARTERS 
We made another change in our routine October 
28, going on to a schedule of two meals a day, 
breakfast at nine o’clock and dinner at half-past 
four. Tea could be obtained at one o’clock and 
at night, before going to bed, any one could have 
tea or coffee or chocolate. From six o’clock at 
night to six the next morning whoever was assigned 
for that night to be watchman was on his rounds, 
looking after the fires and lights and keeping the 
water from freezing in the water-tank. All lights 
except the watchman’s lantern were out at mid¬ 
night. At six o’clock he would wake the cook, who 
slept in a room off the galley, and after waiting to 
have his breakfast would turn in, a day watchman 
taking his place from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. 
For breakfast we always had oatmeal porridge, 
with condensed milk. This was followed by vari¬ 
ous things, for we tried to make the menu interest¬ 
ing. We would have eggs, ham, bacon, codfish, 
sausages, and of course coffee. For dinner we 
would have canned oysters or clams, shredded cod¬ 
fish from Newfoundland, potatoes (desiccated and 
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