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Elsomere
Sunday May 12 - 1914
Started at 8 Am & did not arrive as head of day find until got pm. Heavy going tried us out & was hard on the dogs.
We found considerable more snow than we had seen in March.
We were very happy to get biscuit & nickle again. We have had only a few raggy & mushy crumb for that past 10 days.
Looking back into Mike Sound we could see the drifts & heard something down the
in.
Wednesday May 12 - 1914
Did our things today and rested the dogs. Eth.
& I slept all day. Quieter weather with sunshine
light snow falling x
Thursday May 14 - 1914
Hiked about 10 hours up the hill & came to what appears to be a lake at the foot of the ice cap on the west side. Going hiking & many rocks by-
passed. I had no snow shoes & was pretty tired when we got in.
Slept on our lanetish.