We are creeping along a bare 2 knots.

I begin to wonder if fortune will ever turn her wheel.

On every possible occasion she seems to have decided against us.

Of course, the ponies are feeling the motion as we pitch in a short, sharp sea--it's damnable for them and disgusting for us.
Summary of the Pack We may be said to have entered the pack at 4 P.M.on the 9th in latitude 65 1/2 S.We left it at 1 A.M.on 30th in latitude 71 1/2 S.We have taken twenty days and some odd hours to get through, and covered in a direct line over 370 miles--an average of 18 miles a day.

We entered the pack with 342 tons of coal and left with 281 tons; we have, therefore, expended 61 tons in forcing our way through--an average of 6 miles to the ton.
These are not pleasant figures to contemplate, but considering the exceptional conditions experienced I suppose one must conclude that things might have been worse.
9th.