SLEDGING 
deep, soft snow; but we did not dump any 
of our loads. Although the boys wanted to, 
I would not stand for it. The bad example 
of seeing some piles of provision-cases which 
had been unloaded by the preceding parties 
was what put the idea in their heads. 
We will make Cape Columbia to-morrow and 
will have to do no back-tracking. We are 
moving forward. I have started for a place, 
and do not intend to run back to get a better 
start. 
February 22, 1909: Cape Columbia. We 
left Cape Good Point at seven a. m. and 
reached Cape Columbia at eight p. m. No 
wind, but weather thick and hazy, and the same 
old cold. About two miles from Good Point, 
we passed the Doctor's igloo. About a mile 
beyond this, we passed the "Crystal Palace" 
that had been occupied by the Captain. Six 
miles farther north, we passed a second igloo, 
which had been built by the Doctor's party. 
How did we know who had built and occupied 
these igloos? It was easy, as an Esquimo 
knows and recognizes another Esquimo's hand- 
work, the same as you recognize the handwrit- 
ing of your friends. I noted the neat, or- 
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