esult.

On September 11, although there was a wind of seventy miles per hour,
the sea-ice which had become very solid during a few days of low
temperature was not dispersed. Next day we found it possible to walk
in safety to the Mackellar Islets. On the way rushes of southerly wind
accompanied by a misty drift followed behind us. Then a calm intervened,
and the sun momentarily appeared and shone warmly. Suddenly from the
north-west came breezy puffs which settled into a light wind as we
went north. On the way home we could not see the mainland for clouds of
drift, and, when approaching the mouth of the boat-harbour, these clouds
were observed to roll down the lower slopes of the glacier and, reaching
the shore, rise into the air in columns. They then sailed away northward
at a higher altitude, almost obscuring the sun with a fine fog. On the
same night the "south" had gained the mastery, and the wind blew with
its accustomed strength.

Again, on September 24, McLean had a unique experience. He was digging
ice in a fifty-mile wind with moderate drift close to the Hut and, on
finishing his work, walked down to the harbour-ice to see if there were
any birds about. He was suddenly surprised to leave the wind and drift
behind and to walk out into an area of calm. The water lapped alongside
the ice-foot, blue in the brilliant sunlight. Away to the west a few
miles distant a fierce wind was blowing snow like fine spume over the
brink of the cliffs. Towards the north-west one could plainly see the
junction between calm water and foam-crested waves. To the south the
drift drove off the hills, passed the Hut, and then gyrated upwards and
thinned away seawards at an altitude of several hundred feet.

The wind average for September was 36.8 miles per hour, as against 53.7
for September of the previous year. There were nine "pleasant" days,
that is, days on which it was possible to walk about outside and enjoy
oneself. On the 27th there was a very severe blizzard. The wind was
from the south-east: the first occasion on which it had blown from any
direction but south-by-east at a high velocity. The drift was extremely
dense, the roof of the Hut being invisible at a distance of six feet.
Enormous ramps of snow formed in the vicinity, burying most of the cases
and the air-tractor sledge completely. The anemograph screen was blown
over and smashed beyond all repair. So said the Meteorological Notes in
the October number of the 'Adelie