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him not to attempt them unless he caught me up, but to photograph and collect on the shores of the piedmont.

January 27.—Overcast. Tops of mountains obscured. Strong wind in squalls. Started after breakfast, and with our light load made good progress. We made a big sweep round Cape Sastrugi to try and avoid the crevasses, but without success.

The afternoon was hot and muggy, and when we camped that night we were wet with perspiration. After supper I went out with Priestley to collect, and the sun being hot I took off my vest, and, turning it inside out, put it over my sweater, where it dried beautifully. I remarked to Priestley at the time that this ought to bring me luck, and sure enough, immediately afterwards I found a sandstone rock containing fossil wood, the best specimen as yet secured by the party.

January 28.—Blowing hard from the N.W., with drift, but clear sky. The temperature being warm, the drift made everything very wet. After breakfast Priestley hunted for fossils, while I got another round of angles. We then marched, edging over to the northern moraines, on which we camped that night.

January 29.—A beautiful day, but no sign of the other party. After breakfast we started, and crossing moraine, steered for what we called 'Corner Glacier,' a small steep glacier whose course lay more on our route for Wood Bay. The going was easy, and we camped that evening on the north lateral moraine, which lies at the foot of a steep scree descending from the mountains.

The moraine was a very large one, with a number of