342 SCOTT'S LAST .EXPEDITION 
once complained that we had forgotten to bring an article South 
—it was shaving soap—but it was produced forthwith from the 
‘annexe,’ as we called the store outside the big hut at Cape 
Evans. 
Captain Scott, assisted by Lieutenant Campbell and Mr. 
Gran, selected the sledging outfit, fur gloves, sleeping-bags, and 
finneskoe, and Gran personally chose every pair of ski and in- 
spected every sledge-runner. 
Mr. Meares gave us some very sound advice on the prepa- 
ration of the animals’ harness and accoutrements, and the credit 
of this part of our equipment certainly belongs to him, while 
Captain Oates at his own cost provided the ponies’ forage from 
New Zealand. 
A more detailed description of the outfit will subsequently be 
published, but the nature of this narrative does not permit one 
to expand on the subject of fitting out. 
The choice of a ship was made on September 22, 1909, and 
that day arrangements were made for the purchase of the steam- 
ship Terra Nova, the largest and strongest of the old Scottish 
whalers. Thanks to Messrs. C. T. Bowring & Co., we were able 
to secure the ship before we had raised a tenth of the necessary 
funds, and she was handed over to the Expedition on November 
8, inthe West India Docks. The Terra Nova was purchaesd for 
the Expedition by Messrs. David Bruce & Sons for £12,500. 
This firm subsequently subscribed the amount of their commis- 
sion and the transaction to the funds of the British Antarctic Ex- 
pedition, and the owners (C. T. Bowring & Co.) subscribed £500 
and greatly assisted Captain Scott to raise money in Liverpool 
for his enterprise. 
The Terra Nova was handed over to the second-in-command 
to fit out while Captain Scott busied himself more with the scien- 
tific programme and the financial side of the Expedition. She 
was docked by the Glengall Ironworks Co., who altered her ac- 
cording to the specification which had been prepared to meet the 
requirements of the Expedition. 
We had her rigged as a barque (her original rig), and on her 
upper deck a large well-insulated ice-house was erected. This 
was to hold 150 carcases of frozen mutton, and owing to its 
position, free from the vicinity of iron and with a good all-round 
view, the top of the ice-house was selected for mounting the stand- 
