At a little distance, without silencers, they sound exactly like threshing machines.
The dogs are getting better, but they only take very light loads still and get back from each journey pretty dead beat.

In their present state they don't inspire confidence, but the hot weather is much against them.
The men parties have done splendidly.

Campbell and his Eastern Party made eight journeys in the day, a distance over 24 miles.

Everyone declares that the ski sticks greatly help pulling; it is surprising that we never thought of using them before.
Atkinson is very bad with snow blindness to-night; also Bruce.

Others have a touch of the same disease.