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they would be perfectly welcome to do so, and that 
if they required assistance later on I should be glad 
to do all in my power for them. Their party was 
to consist of four—the doctor, Murray, Beuchat 
and Sailor Morris. Morris went of his own accord, 
coming to me for permission to do so; I felt that 
he would be of use to them because he was a young 
man of twenty-six and handy, so I gave him the 
permission he desired. I offered the doctor’s party 
their proportional share of the dogs, as soon as the 
dogs returned with Mamen, but they declined the 
offer, saying that they preferred to haul the sledge 
themselves. 
The doctor’s party began at once on the work 
of getting ready for their departure, assisted by 
McKinlay, who checked over their supplies with 
them. At the same time Chafe and Williams were 
getting ready to leave with a Peary sledge and 
four dogs to take supplies over Mamen’s trail to¬ 
wards the land. 
