lyo SCOTTS LAST EXPEDITION 



not afford to get so hot If they wish to retain any semblance of 

 comfort. 



Our excellent cook had just the right meal prepared for us 

 — an enormous dish of rice and figs, and cocoa in a bucket! 

 The hut party were all very delighted to see us, and the fittings 

 and comforts of the hut are amazing to the newcomers. 



Saturday, April 22. — Cape Evans, Winter Quarters. The 

 sledging season Is at an end. It's good to be back in spite of 

 all the losses we have sustained. 



To-day we enjoy a very exceptional calm. The sea Is freez- 

 ing over of course, but unfortunately our view from Observatory 

 Hill Is very limited. Oates and the rest are exercising the 

 ponies. I have been sorting my papers and getting ready for 

 the winter work. 



