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no longer have to be on half-rations of seal meat. We were running things uncomfortably close before. We had six lumps of sugar in honour of the occasion.

July 12.—Abbott's fingers are badly hurt. Levick is afraid the tendons are cut and that he will not be able to bend them again.

Browning and Dickason went for a walk to-day and killed 2 fat seals they found, so we had another double hoosh. The rest of us spent to-day and yesterday depôting the meat from the first two seals.

July 13.—A lovely morning. The sky orange and saffron in the north about noon. Spent the day carrying meat up. The wind got back to its old quarter in the afternoon, and came on to blow hard and very cold, punishing us badly as we struggled up with the meat.

The thin ice that had formed over the bay during the last few days blew out. I do not think this bay will ever be safe to travel on, so we shall have to take the Drygalski ice tongue route and march later.

July 20.—It has been blowing since the 14th, but being clear we have been able to get out every day. To-day being Priestley's birthday we allowed him to do no work and served out six lumps of sugar, a stick of chocolate, and twenty raisins. A sing-song followed in the evening. Altogether a most successful day.

July 24.—The wind got round to the southward yesterday and came on to blow really hard, and is blowing great guns now.

July 26.—The wind dropped suddenly, after blowing a hard gale since the 24th. Priestley and I got down to