THE BIG LEAD 
tion. And so did we wait for nearly seven 
days beside that lead, before conditions were 
favorable for a crossing. 
But early in the morning of March 11th 
the full party started ; through the heaviest of 
going imaginable. Neither Borup nor Mar- 
vin had caught up, but we felt that unless 
something had happened to them, they would 
surely catch up in a few more days. 
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