I really don't know how we should manage if it were not for them....

The distance for the day was 10 miles 720 yds., a splendid performance considering surface and weather." The weather cleared on the 14th; and the men were able to get bearings from the mountains to the westward.

They advanced fairly rapidly during succeeding days, the daily distances being from ten to twelve miles, and reached lat.

82ｰ S.on the morning of January 18.

The depot here, like the depot at 81ｰ S., contained five days' provisions for twelve men.