iliar subject. The Editor was later admitted by wireless to the
Journalists' Association (Sydney).

Many have asked the question, "What did you do to fill in the time
during the second year?"

The duties of cook and night-watchman came to each man once every week,
and meteorological and magnetic observations went on daily. Then we were
able to devote a good deal of time to working up the scientific work
accomplished during the sledging journeys. The wireless watches kept
two men well occupied, and in spare moments the chief recreation was
reading. There was a fine supply of illustrated journals and periodicals
which had arrived by the 'Aurora', and with papers like the 'Daily
Graphic', 'Illustrated London News', 'Sphere' and 'Punch', we tried to
make up the arrears of a year in exile. The "Encyclopaedia Britannica"
was a great boon, being always "the last word" in the settlement of a
debated point. Chess and cards were played on several occasions. Again,
whenever the weather gave the smallest opportunity, there were jobs
outside, digging for cases, attending to the wireless mast and, in the
spring, geological collecting and dredging. If the air was clear of
drift, and the wind not over fifty miles per hour, one could spend a
pleasant hour or more walking along the shore watching the birds and
noting the changes in "scenery" which were always occurring along our
short "selection" of rocks. During 1912 we had been able to study all
the typical features of our novel and beautiful environment, but 1913
was the period of "intensive cultivation" and we would have gladly
forgone much of it. Divine service was usually held on Sunday mornings,
but in place of it we sometimes sang hymns during the evening, or
arranged a programme of sacred selections on the gramophone. There was a
great loss in our singing volume after the previous year, which Hodgeman
endeavoured to remedy by striking up an accompaniment on the organ.

Cooking reached its acme, according to our standard, and each man became
remarkable for some particular dish. Bage was the exponent of steam
puddings of every variety, and Madigan could always be relied upon for
an unfailing batch of puff-pastry. Bickerton once started out with the
object of cooking a ginger pudding, and in an unguarded moment used
mixed spices instead of ginger. The result was rather appetizing, and
"mixed-spice pudding" was added to an original list. McLean specialized
in yeast waffles, having