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and then on again the same thing: turned right over, froze in and got a little sleep. Feet liable to go. One big toe went and I don't know for how long.]

Saturday, July 1, 1911.—We turned out at 7.30 a.m. No dawn was visible, but at 10.45 a.m., when we got away, we were able to relay by daylight, and continued so until 3 p.m. After lunch we relayed by candle lamp from 4.15 p.m. to 7.45 p.m. The surface was like sand, and so heavy that we could only slowly move one sledge along. Subsidences very frequent all day. We made only 2¼ miles in all. [Bill and Birdie very unselfish and helpful—impossible to wear glasses and so I am handicapped.]

Between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. there was a very fine aurora, large beams making very extensive curtains from E. to S. up to an altitude of 45°, and with characteristic black sky beneath the arches. The colour was a very orange yellow.

Erebus smoke has been difficult to see, no long stream of smoke, but very small puffs apparently going eastward each day.

The min. temp. last night was −69°, and to-day we had −66·6° in the morning and −60·5° at 10 p.m. Light south-easterly airs and north-easterly airs during the march, at these temperatures, forced us all to adjust our noseguards.

Note.—All the temperatures and weather notes in this Report are taken directly from Bowers' record. Bowers also made himself responsible for the sledgemeter records, and for notes on the condition of the ice on Ross Sea when we were at Cape Crozier. He also kept full