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ness, the members of the shore party who had returned dispersed 
to their respective duties in civil life, and the men who had joined 
in New Zealand signed off temporarily for the winter. 
Refitting and laying up the ship was hurried on as rapidly as 
possible and, by the help of the New Zealand Government, ar- 
rangements were made for the ship’s party to survey Admiralty 
Bay in the Sounds. rr 
The party were boarded at an accommodation house near 
French Pass and worked from motor launches, these latter being 
fitted with the ship’s Lucas sounding machines. 
The party consisted of thirteen, including officers, and three 
hands remained in the ship at Lyttelton as ship-keepers. 
This work lasted from June 10 to October 15, when it was 
necessary to return to Lyttelton to prepare for the coming relief 
voyage. . 
On the whole for that part of New Zealand the weather this 
winter was unfavourable, but, in spite of this, a satisfactory 
amount of work was carried out. 
On August 17 we had the great misfortune to lose Brissenden 
by drowning. He was buried on the hillside overlooking the 
bay, and a marble cross erected to his memory. Robert Brissen- 
den was a first-class man, careful and reliable, besides being a 
very good messmate, and his loss was very much felt by all. 
THE THIRD VOYAGE 
The ship left Lyttelton at 5 A.M. on December 14, 1912. A 
,crowd of friends had collected to bid us farewell and 
Dec. 14, send last messages to our companions in Victoria 
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At 7 P.M. that evening we discovered a wretched 
man stowed away in the lifeboat. On being questioned the stow- 
away said he was a rabbiter and anxious to make a voyage in the 
Terra Nova: he appeared to be about thirty-five years of age 
and not very intelligent. As there was no object in taking this 
man south we shaped course for the nearest port, Akaroa, in 
order to land him. Fortunately, the Norwegian barque Triton 
was sighted at midnight, and her courteous captain relieved us 
of our stowaway, promising to land him in Dunedin. 
The programme for the third southward voyage included 
