When, however, the temperature rose to just above freezing-point, as occasionally happened, the hut became the drainage-pool of all the surrounding hills.

Wild was the first to notice it by remarking one morning that his sleeping-bag was practically afloat.

Other men examined theirs with a like result, so baling operations commenced forthwith.

Stones were removed from the floor and a large hole dug, and in its gloomy depths the water could be seen rapidly rising.

Using a saucepan for a baler, they baled out over 100 gallons of dirty water.