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Monday, April 20th.
6th - 41st- day
Nine leads served up to us
today but we can forgive the
evil spirit- for we have had
good hard going and a
pleasant day enabling us
to cover 16 miles realising
a total of 56 from Land.
Two dogs gave out-
both from Pee-dee-wah-to,
team. They all seem weak
and very tired. Fed double
ration tonight- hoping to
keep them going for 5 days
more at 15 per day which
will give us a total of
120, the distance estimated
by Mary of Crocker Land
from shore. There is no
more riding; we have walked
all day trying to help the
dogs. One abandoned by
Pee-dee-wah-to came in
tonight. Am planning to
turn back in 6 days if
I can get good rights-
and do not see dead.