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1911]
THE DOG RATIONS
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| m. | yds. | |||||
| Corner | 6 to 7 | S. | 10 | 145 | ||
| 7 to 8 | S. | ?11 | 198 | |||
| 8 to 9 | S. | 12 | 325 | |||
| 9 to 10 | S. | 11 | 118 | |||
| Bluff Camp | 10 to 11 | S. | 10 | 226 | Var. 152½ E. | |
| 11 to 12 | S. | 9 | 150 | |||
| 12 to 13 | S. | 7 | 650 | |||
| 13 to 14 | S. | 7 | Bowers 775 | |||
| 14 to 15 | S. | 8 | 1450 | |||
| 111 | 610 | |||||
| Return 17th—18th 15 to 12 | N. | 22 | 1994 | |||
| 18th–19th 12 to midway between 9 & 10 | N. | 48 | 1825 | |||
| 19th–20th Lunch 8 Camp | N. | 65 | 1720 | |||
| 19th–20th | 7 Camp | N. | 77 | 1820 | ||
| 20th–21st | N. 30 to 35 W. | 93 | 950 | |||
| 21st–22nd Safety Camp | N. & W. | 107 | 1125 | |||
Wednesday, February 22.—Safety Camp. Got away at 10 again: surface fairly heavy: dogs going badly.
The dogs are as thin as rakes; they are ravenous and very tired. I feel this should not be, and that it is evident that they are underfed. The ration must be increased next year and we must have some properly thought out diet. The biscuit alone is not good enough. Meares is excellent to a point, but ignorant of the conditions here. One thing is certain, the dogs will never continue to drag heavy loads with men sitting on the sledges; we must all learn to run with the teams and the Russian custom
