viii SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 



CHAPTER IV 



SETTLING IN 



Page 



Loss of a Motor A Dog Dies Result of Six Days' Work Res- 

 tive Ponies An Ice Cave Loading Ballast Pony Pros- 

 pects First Trip to Hut Point Return: Prospects of Sea 

 Ice A Secure Berth The Hut Home Fittings and Autumn 

 Plans The Pianola Seal Rissoles The Ship Stranded Ice 

 begins to go 73 



CHAPTER V 



DEPOT LAYING TO ONE TON CAMP 



Dogs and Ponies at Work Stores for Depots Old Stores at Dis- 

 covery Hut To Encourage the Pony Depot Plans Pony 

 Snowshoes Impressions on the March Further Impres- 

 sions Sledging Necessities and Luxuries A Better Surface 

 Chaos Without; Comfort Within After the Blizzard 

 Marching Routine The Weakest Ponies Return Bowers 

 and Cherry-Garrard Snow Crusts and Blizzards A Re- 

 sented Frostbite One Ton Camp 96 



CHAPTER VI 



ADVENTURE AND PERIL 



Dogs' and Ponies' Ways The Dogs in a Crevasse Rescue Work 

 Chances of a Snow Bridge The Dog Rations A Startling 

 Mail Cross the Other Party The End of Weary Willy 

 The Ice Breaks The Ponies on the Floe Safely Back ... 122 



CHAPTER VII 



AT DISCOVERY HUT 



Fitting up the Old Hut A Possible Land Route The Geological 

 Party Arrives Clothing Exceptional Gales Geology at 

 Hut Point An Ice Foot Exposed Stabling at Hut Point 

 Waiting for the Ice A Clear Day Pancake Ice Life at 

 Hut Point From Hut Point to Cape Evans A Blizzard on 

 the Sea Ice Dates of the Sea Freezing 138 



CHAPTER VIII 



HOME IMPRESSIONS AND AN EXCURSION 



Baseless Fears about the Hut The Death of 'Hackenschmidt' 

 The Dark Room The Biologists' Cubicle An Artificer 

 Cook A Satisfactory Organisation Up an Ice Face An 

 Icy Run On getting Hot 158 



