We came to know every one of the stones by sight and touch, and I have vivid memories of their angular peculiarities even to-day.

They might have been of considerable interest as geological specimens to a scientific man under happier conditions.

As ballast they were useful.
As weights to be moved about in cramped quarters they were simply appalling.

They spared no portion of our poor bodies.

Another of our troubles, worth mention here, was the chafing of our legs by our wet clothes, which had not been changed now for seven months.