ON ELEPHANT ISLAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 38, 12 September 1916, Page 3

ON ELEPHANT ISLAND.

BITS OF WILD’S STORY. London, September 16. The Daily Chronicle states that the Punta Arenas party are making good recoveries from their privations. They will arrive in England at the end ol October. Captain Wild gives a vivid description of life on Elephant Island. The hut was constantly Hooded, and bailed nightly. The only hot meal was served at dawn and consisted of penguin and fried blubber. At lunch they had biscuits and raw blubber. The afternoon was spent in exercising, the track being, a hundred yards long. For dinner"'penguins’ breast and bovril. They greatly enjoyed the halldigested Jish found in seals’ stomachs. The men linked grass,' the pipes being carved from wood and birds’ bones. Captain Wild decided that failing relief at the end of October, they would try to reach Deception Island, where whalers came during the summer. Biscuits, sugar, sledging and rations were reserved for this party. They went to bed at half-past five, and took turns to read aloud the Bible, Encyclopedia Britanuica, and leading authors. The first question asked the rescuers was, “When was the war over.”