CHAPTER XVII

IN KIWI LAND—_concluded_

Some Unexplored Country—Discovery of New Glaciers—Camp on an Old Moraine—The Birds of Kiwi Land—A Spotless Glacier—Strange Bergschrunds—Difficult Step-Cutting—Ice-Glazed Rocks—An Exciting Glissade—Benighted—A Cold Bivouac—The Southern Stars—The Cross and the Bear—A Dreary Vigil—Camp again—Return Journey in the Rain—Countless Waterfalls—A Concert in Camp—The Lost Explorers 236