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manner in which these men died is in itself an eloquent descrip- 
tion of their characters as we knew them. The absolute gener- 
osity of Captain Scott himself runs through his dying appeal to 
the nation and those letters of his with no word of blame or 
reflection on others for the disaster, though he could not know 
that scurvy had smitten the last supporting party, and that 
those who would have come were fettered by illness and the 
weather conditions that finally arrested the advance of the dog 
teams. 
It was characteristic also that he did not forget the future 
of his Expedition, but left instructions and letters to the end 
that the scientific results should be fitly published. 
The two devoted men who died side by side with Captain 
Scott were fine British types. Wilson was a wonderful fellow, 
whose magnificent judgment helped us all to smooth over the 
little troubles which were bound to arise from time to time, and 
who (it has been said before and let it be said again) by his own 
example and the influence of his personality was mainly respon- 
sible for the fact that there never was a quarrel or an angry 
word in the Expedition. 
Bowers possessed an individuality that attracted his com- 
panions enormously. He was, besides being a very quick, clever 
worker, a humourist of the most pleasing type. He bore hard- 
ship splendidly and stood the cold probably better than anyone 
in the Expedition. 
The conspicuous bravery of Oates: was typical of the man. 
‘The Soldier’ was really loved by the men. He had a dry wit 
that always left him uppermost in those exciting arguments that 
did so much to cheer us during the winter season. Patrick Keo- 
hane, a splendid Irish seaman, remarked to us as the details of 
the story were unfolded: ‘ Captain Oates did just what we all 
expected of him, sir; he was a fine man that, sir; not much talk 
about him, but chock full of grit.’ 
The fifth man of the Southern Party was a British blue- 
jacket of the finest type, who had made himself invaluable. 
Edgar Evans was the sledge-master, and to him we owed the 
splendid fitting of our travelling equipment. He left a fine rec- 
ord of service, and his example will do a great deal for the 
younger seamen of the Royal Navy. 
The Terra Nova remained at anchor off Cape Evans for 
