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CHAPTER V

On October 29 the mules all came down with their leaders to Hut Point and everything was ready for a start on the journey south. It was decided to march at night as we had done in the previous season, so that the mules would be moving during this cold time and camp during the warm portion of the day.

At 7.30. p.m. on October 30 the seven mules and eight men making up the Pony Party started south. C. S. Wright was in command, as he was a skilled navigator. The mules and their leaders were as follows:

E. W. Nelson, leading Khan Sahib; T. Gran, leading Lal Khan; W. Lashly, leading Pyaree; T. Crean, leading Rani; T. Williamson, leading Gulab; P. Keohane, leading Begum; F. J. Hooper, leading Abdullah.

Wright was in command and went ahead, setting the course and standing by to give any help he could. The mules' weights up to Corner Camp would not exceed 500 lbs. This was because of the deep and bad surface usually occurring over this area. The tents were under Wright and Nelson. It was proposed to march twelve geographical miles every night, but, as their progress was uncertain, the question of this distance was left entirely to Wright's judgment.

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