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"We gave it up and drew
n, but he stuck it out
and found the law.
Although I have worn
amber glasses all day, my
eyes pain me a bit.
+190 7 at midnight"
Wednesday, May 23
2 A.M.
Smith Sound
21st day
A number of things delayed
us to-day so that we did not
get into camp by midnight
as usual. It was just as
well as the sun has been
out only an hour which would
have prevented me from taking
my midnight altitude of the
sun.
He started out in a snow-
storm, from which open water
right in to the ice foot, which
was so narrow in one place
that we passed over with
considerable difficulty and
some danger. At another point
the ice foot was covered with