262 THE VOYAGE OF THE 'DISCOVERY' [Feb. 



CHAPTER XX 



HOMEWARD BOUND 



Memorial to our Lost Shipmate— Gale Commences — Ship Driven on 

 Shore — Gloomy Outlook — Sudden Escape — Coaling — Driven North 

 — Departure of 'Morning' — Wood Bay — Trouble with Pumps — 

 Possession Islands — Rudder Disabled — Robertson Bay — Rudder 

 Replaced — Towards Cape North — Heavy Pack — Skirting Pack — 

 ' Terra Nova' Parts Company — Balleny Islands— Over Wilkes' Land 

 — Turning North — The Last Iceberg — Auckland Islands — Reassembly 

 — New Zealand again — Voyage Homeward — Completion of our 

 Work — Our First Monotony — Home. 



Now strike yr sails, yee jolly mariners, 



For we are come into a quiet rode 



Where we must land some of our passengers 



And light this wearie vessel of her lode. 



Here she awhile may make her safe abode 



Till she repaired have her tackles spent 



And wants supplied ; and then again abroad 



On the long voyage whereto she is bent 



Well may she speede and fairly finish her intent. — Spenser. 



I WISH I could convey some idea of our feelings when the 

 ' Discovery ' was once more floating freely on the sea, but I 

 doubt if any written words could express how good it was to 

 walk up and down the familiar bridge, to watch the gentle 

 movement of the ship as she swung to and fro on the tide, to 

 feel the throb of the capstan engine as we weighed one of our 

 anchors, to glance aloft and know that sails and ropes had 

 now some meaning, to see the men bustling about with their 

 old sailor habit, and to know that our vessel was once more 



