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13-14th [[boxed]]7[[/boxed]]
drizzling again & as though by [[unanimous?]] [[consent?]] ; or rather automatic simultaneous reactions we all got up & had rest of canned tomatoes for breakfast with little [[strikethrough]]back[[/strikethrough]] bacon and hard tack. Bacon & hard tack were very thirst producing. Raisins went well but all we craved was liquid & light fruit juices.
[[double underlined]]Monday 14th[[/double underlined]] We started back at 5 or 10 mins of 8. and made lunch place of yesterday at 8:15 ^[[a.m.]] in just about 40 mins. no blazing to do & little or no chopping; covered back two hours advance in less than half time. At lunch place drank can of water cached there also the rain that had accumulated in the empty tins. Capt Lynch had [[fun?]] around after lunch; had a quarter to half inch in each it seemed. 
[[strikethrough]]No one craved[[/strikethrough]]
The last stretch from [[written over]] lunch[[/written over]] place to beach took us 1 hr. & 15 mins.