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18 hours; how the dog-team went to the rescue is told by Dr. Atkinson in 

 the second volume. At the Discovery hut Evans was unremittingly tended 

 by Dr. Atkinson, and finally sent by sledge to the Terra Nova. It is good 

 to record that both Lashly and Crean have received the Albert medal. 



Note 25, p. 396. — At this point begins the last of Scott's notebooks. 

 The record of the Southern Journey is written in pencil in three slim MS. 

 books, some 8 inches long by 5 wide. These little volumes are meant for 

 artists' notebooks, and are made of tough, soft, pliable paper which takes 

 the pencil well. The pages, 96 in number, are perforated so as to be de- 

 tachable at need. 



In the Hut, large quarto MS. books were used for the journals, and 

 some of the rough notes of the earlier expeditions were recast and written 

 out again in them; the little books were carried on the sledge journeys, 

 and contain the day's notes entered very regularly at the lunch halts and in 

 the night camps. But in the last weeks of the Southern Journey, when fuel 

 and light ran short and all grew very weary, it will be seen that Scott made 

 his entries at lunch time alone. They tell not of the morning's run only, 

 but of ' yesterday.' 



The notes were written on the right-hand pages, and when the end of 

 the book was reached, it was ' turned ' and the blank backs of the leaves 

 now became clean right-hand pages. The first two MS. books are thus 

 entirely filled : the third has only part of its pages used and the Message to 

 the Public is written at the reverse end. 



Inside the front cover of No. i is a * ready ' table to convert the day's 

 run of geographical miles as recorded on the sledgemeter into statute miles, 

 a list of the depots and their latitude, and a note of the sledgemeter reading 

 at Corner Camp. 



These are followed in the first pages by a list of the outward camps and 

 distances run as noted in the book, with special ' remarks ' as to cairns, lati- 

 tude, and so forth. At the end of the book is a full list of the cairns that 

 marked the track out. 



Inside the front cover of No. 2 are similar entries, together with the ages 

 of the Polar party and a note of the error of Scott's watch. 



Inside the front cover of No. 3 are the following words: ' Diary can 

 be read by finder to ensure recording of Records, &c., but Diary should be 

 sent to my widow.' And on the first page : 



' Send this diary to my widow. 



' R. Scott.' 



The word ' wife ' had been struck out and ' widow ' written in. 



Note 26, p. 398. — At this, the barrier stage of the return journey, the 

 Southern Party were in want of more oil than they found at the depots. 

 Owing partly to the severe conditions, but still more to the delays imposed 

 by their sick comrades, they reached the full limit of time allowed for be- 

 tween depots. The cold was unexpected, and at the same time the actual 

 amount of oil found at the depots was less than they had counted on. 



