10 SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [Jury 
enough, and have no difficulty in rolling them up and unrolling 
them at night. [Bill having cold bad nights—feels it a bit I 
think—I have been half falling asleep at halts, Birdie ditto—sur- 
face a little better—foreshortening the mountains. Clothes for 
day have been so stiff we have to stop in position we just stand 
in when we get out of tent. | 
Tuesday, July 4, 1911.—The min. temp. for the night was 
—65-4°, but on turning out at 7.20 A.M. we found the sky com- 
pletely overcast and snow falling, with occasional gusts from 
E.N.E. to S. and S.S.E. At 9.30 A.M. the temp. had risen to 
—27-5°, with a wind force of 4 from the N.E. 
Nothing was visible anywhere by which to make a course, 
so we had breakfast and turned in again. We were warm and 
comfortable all day, but though there were signs of clearing by 
night time we had to do without a march. 
The min. temp. for the day was — 44:5°, and during the fol- 
lowing night — 54:6°. 
Everything was obscured round Erebus and Terror by clouds, 
though later it became possible to see Terror Point, and we knew 
that we were still out of the direct path of the southerly blizzards 
which sweep round Cape Crozier. 
This lie-in has saturated our clothing through, and our bur- 
berries stiffen outside the tent so much that it becomes almost 
dificult to get in again through the door. Our feet so far have 
been almost constantly warm, except on the march when plodding 
slowly on soft snow. We had then to keep a watchful eye on 
them to avoid getting frostbitten toes or heels. I regretted hav- 
ing left my puttees behind, as the additional wrapping round the 
ankles would have been a great protection to the feet. 
We are using oil in the double tent now, after cooking is done, 
to dry and thaw out socks and finnesko before putting them on 
in the morning. It has seemed to us an almost necessary precau- 
tion at these temperatures unless one is prepared to take the damp 
socks into the sleeping-bag every night, and this with so many 
weeks ahead of us we are loath to do, as we are trying our best 
to keep the bags dry in many ways—for instance, we kept our 
pyjama trousers and pyjama jackets only for night wear to begin 
with, until they became so wet and stiff that in order to wear 
them at all they had to be kept on permanently. From the day of 
the blizzard incident at Cape Crozier back to Cape Evans, 
