THE SUN COMES BACK 
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Hadley. They succeeded in picking up the trail 
and went as far as Mamen’s first outward camp, 
about twelve miles from our main camp. I had 
told Mamen before he left that when it came near 
the time when I should be expecting him back I 
would build a big bonfire near Shipwreck Camp 
to guide him, one an hour before dark and another 
an hour after dark. We now carried out this pro¬ 
gramme, using altogether thirteen sacks of coal, a 
whaleboat and ten tins of gasoline. It gave out 
a big smoke. At night we opened a drum of alco¬ 
hol and burned the canoe, besides three cases of 
gasoline. 
January 80 was a beautiful day with little or 
no wind and a temperature not much below zero. 
Chafe, Williams and Maurer walked to Mamen’s 
second camp and an hour and a half beyond it, re¬ 
turning about half past four to report that there 
were no alterations in the trail and that the going 
was good. They put up a flag at the point where 
they turned back. When the men went out on 
these short journeys over the ice they carried some 
supplies with them to cache along the trail for fu¬ 
ture use. 
The next day Malloch, who was watchman, 
looked at the chronometer upside down so that the 
cook was late; he said that Malloch was his friend! 
I had intended to send Mr. Hadley and a party 
