CHAPTER XVI 
OYER THE ICE TOWARDS WRANGELL ISLAND 
On the morning of February 19, I called the 
cook at four o’clock, so that we had an early break¬ 
fast for the start of the advance guard. 
There were two parties, each with a sledge and 
four dogs. In the first party were Malloch, Had¬ 
ley, Williamson and Breddy; in the second Munro, 
Maurer, Williams and Chafe. Each party would 
have man-harness to help out the dogs when neces¬ 
sary. 
On the first party’s sledge were six cases of man 
pemmican, two cases of biscuit, two gallons of oil, 
84 tins of milk, 2,400 tea tablets in tins hermetically 
sealed, one Mannlicher rifle, 250 rounds of ammu¬ 
nition, one Ross revolver (Malloch’s own), 400 
rounds of ammunition, one Primus stove, one gal¬ 
lon of alcohol, 500 22-calibre cartridges, one 401 
Winchester, 100 rounds of ammunition, one pair of 
ski, matches, a pickaxe, hatchets, sleeping-robes 
and a tent. On the other sledge were five cases 
of man pemmican, two cases of biscuit, 84 tins of 
milk, two gallons of oil, one gallon of alcohol, 2,400 
tea tablets, one Primus stove, one Mannlicher rifle, 
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