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On February 23, when Demetri went to Cape Evans to try and obtain help, he had a letter from me to Lieutenant Pennell, commanding the Terra Nova, conveying my request. After Cherry-Garrard and Demetri had left on the 26th, Lashly, Lieutenant Evans, Wright, and myself were left at Hut Point.

On February 29, the sea ice having gone out to within a quarter of a mile of Hut Point, the ship arrived. Lieutenant Evans in his sleeping-bag was placed on a sledge and removed on board the ship. She returned to Cape Evans, landing Wright and Lashly there, together with some stores. She then proceeded north to Evans Coves to try and pick up Lieutenant Campbell and his party. Lieutenant Evans' condition being still serious I had to accompany him. After several unsuccessful attempts to relieve Campbell, the ship returned to Cape Evans on March 4. Here, Keohane was picked up, and he and I were landed by the ship at Hut Point. Until the arrival of the dog teams on March 16 we occupied ourselves killing seals and laying in a store of meat and blubber before the return of the Southern Party. The ship, meanwhile, had proceeded north on a third attempt to