256 SCOTT'S: LAST ‘EXPEDITION [DecEMBER 
1. Pick up Campbell and party about January 1 at Cape 
Adare. 
2. Re-land them in the vicinity of Wood Bay. 
3. Relieve the geological party about January 15 at Granite 
Harbour. 
4. Land mules, dogs, stores, &c., at Cape Evans. 
5. Lay out various depéts according to the orders to be re- 
ceived at the Hut, in readiness for the next season’s 
work. 
6. Consistently with carrying out the above, to make bio- 
logical collections, sound, and carry out other scientific 
work to as large an extent as possible. 
SECOND VOYAGE 
At daybreak on December 15 the ship slipped and proceeded 
with mules, dogs, and all relief stores on board. This year was 
the year of transport workers’ strikes at home, and 
Dec. 15, it was only the extreme energy and determination of 
ro1t. Lead- E - 
ing Lyttelton, OU Manager, Mr. Wyatt, and the great consideration 
shown by the shipping companies that enabled the 
stores to be shipped out in time. Until Christmas Day we had a 
high barometer and fine weather, with fairly light but continuous 
southerly winds. This made our progress slow, but the fine 
weather more than compensated for that. 
Rennick sounded twice a day while on the New Zealand con- 
tinental shelf and once a day afterwards, except for two and a 
half days round about Christmas, when the weather prevented 
this work being done. 
The motor now worked without a hitch; without it the ne- 
cessity of crossing the Southern Sea quickly, so as to save the ani- 
mals, would have allowed very few soundings to be taken. The 
smooth sea alsd allowed the mules to be moved in their stalls, 
so that the stables could be properly cleaned out and thoroughly 
disinfected. 
The Sunday before Christmas, just as we were going to lunch, 
Nigger, the cat, fell overboard. He had been baiting the dogs 
on the poop, got uncomfortably close to one and, 
Dec. 24, jumping to avoid the dog, went overboard. Fortu- 
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nately it was an exceptionally calm day; the sea 
39 S., 178° t ; 
30' W. boat was lowered, and Nigger, who swam pluckily, 
