New York. Tuesday, July 1 - 1913 Sunny but hotter than ever. We are due to sail at 4 tomorrow afternoon and yet nothing has gone aboard except a little of the one thousand cases of oil (1000 cases @ 10 gals each) The oil was packed two 5 gal tins in each case. Already the deck is so heaped with more train of supplies - that only the masts and funnel of our little ship is visible. Our early departure seemed so impossible that we hired a dozen stewards - lazy Italian mostly- to lend a hand. Towards noon we commenced using the main deck and from that time the worked fairly hard. By six o'clock we had cleared a small space near the gangway and could feel that we were at least well started. Vis'd at 7:30 Aldens, Dapman + 3 left- the Hancock, where we were living, in our dress caps and an awful sweat. At 8 o'clock we sat down to a good-sized dinner at the Harmony Club given to the members of the expedition by their interests. Returned to the Hancock and jacked until 2:30 A.M.