Luncheon consisted of a wonderful pudding, invented by Wild, made of powdered biscuit boiled with twelve pieces of mouldy nut-food.

Supper was a very finely cut seal hoosh flavoured with sugar.
After supper they had a concert, accompanied by Hussey on his "indispensable banjo." This banjo was the last thing to be saved off the ship before she sank, and I took it with us as a mental tonic.

It was carried all the way through with us, and landed on Elephant Island practically unharmed, and did much to keep the men cheerful.

Nearly every Saturday night such a concert was held, when each one sang a song about some other member of the party.

If that other one objected to some of the remarks, a worse one was written for the next week.
The cook, who had carried on so well and for so long, was given a rest on August 9, and each man took it in turns to be cook for one week.