giving trouble we decided to camp, have lunch and see what is the matter.  On opening the crank chamber we found the crank brasses broke into little pieces, so there is nothing left to do but replace them with the spare ones; of course this meant a cold job for Mr. Day and myself, as handling metal on the Barrier is not a thing one looks forward to with pleasure.  Anyhow we set about it after Lieutenant Evans and Hooper had rigged up a screen to shelter us a bit, and by 10 P.M. we were finished and ready to proceed, but owing to a very low temperature we found it difficult to get the engines to go, so we decided to camp for the night.

    “28th October 1911.

“Turned out and had another go at starting which took some little time owing again to the low temperature.  We got away but again the trouble is always staring us in the face, overheating, and the surface is so bad and the pull so heavy and constant that it looks we are in for a rough time.  We are continually waiting for one another to come up, and every time we stop something has to be done, my fan got jammed and delayed us some time, but have got it right again.  Mr. Evans had to go back for his spare gear owing to some one [not] bringing it out in mistake; he had a good tramp as we were about 15 miles out from Hut Point.

    “29th October 1911.

“Again we got away, but did not get far before the other car began to give trouble.  I went back to see what was the matter, it seems the petrol is dirty due perhaps to putting in a new drum, anyhow got her up and camped for lunch.  After lunch made a move, and all seemed to be going well when Mr. Day’s car gave out at the crank brasses the same as mine, so we shall have to see what is the next best thing to do.

    “30th October 1911.

“This morning before getting the car on the way had to reconstruct our loads as Mr. Day’s car is finished and no more use for further service.  We have got all four of us with one car now, things seems to be going fairly well, but we are still troubled with the overheating which means to say half our time is wasted.  We can see dawning on us the harness before long.  We covered seven miles and camped for the night.  We are now about six miles from Corner Camp.

    “31st October 1911.

“Got away with difficulty, and nearly reached Corner Camp, but the weather was unkind and forced us to camp early.  One thing we have been able to bring along a good supply of pony food and most of the man food, but so far the motor sledges have proved a failure.

    “1st November 1911.