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a couple of very agreeable hours together. Later in 

 the day three of us paid a visit to the Terra Nova, 

 and stayed on board to lunch. Our hosts were ex- 

 tremely kind, and offered to take our mail to New 

 Zealand. If I had had time, I should have been glad 

 to avail myself of this friendly offer, but every hour was 

 precious. It was no use to think of writing now. 



At two o'clock in the afternoon the Terra Nova cast 

 off again, and left the Bay of Whales. We made a 

 strange discovery after this visit. Nearly all of us had 

 caught cold. It did not last long only a few hours 

 and then it was over. The form it took was sneezing 

 and cold in the head. 



The next day Sunday, February 5 the ' sea 

 rovers," as we called the Fram party, were our guests. 

 We had to have them in two detachments, as they 

 could not all leave the ship at the same time. Four 

 came to dinner and six to supper. We had not much 

 to offer, but we invited them, not so much for the sake 

 of the entertainment as to show them our new home and 

 wish them a successful voyage. 



