The remaining dog collapsed during the afternoon and had to be left behind.
Mackintosh did not feel that he could afford to reduce the pace.

The sledge-meter, had got out of order, so the distance covered in the day was not recorded.

The wind increased during the night, and by the morning of the 7th was blowing with blizzard force.

The party did not move again until the morning of the 8th.

They were still finding the sledge very heavy and were disappointed at their slow progress, their marches being six to eight miles a day.