272 SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [JANUARY 



thirty hours, and those on board did their best to help the Cape 

 Evans party to settle down for the homeward voyage. 



We heard that the shore party had that day (Jan. 18) com- 

 menced the work of preparation for a third winter; they were 

 delighted to see us. A typical extract from the Diary of a mem- 

 ber may be quoted: 



'Jan. 1 8. 



Terra Nova in sight 

 Hurrah ! Hurrah 1 



Great Joy 



Hurrah ! 



We are relieved, and God be thanked for that Teddy * is on 

 board the Terra Nova. Everything all right there.' 



Immediately greetings had been exchanged and the situation 

 thoroughly grasped, all hands packed and transported the speci- 

 mens, collections, and equipment to the ship. We worked all 

 night, and in twenty-four hours had removed our effects to the 

 Terra Nova, and closed the hut after clearing it up and making 

 a list of provisions and equipment. 



We have left at Cape Evans an outfit and stores that would 

 see a dozen resourceful men through one summer and winter at 

 least. 



On Sunday, January 19, at 5.20 P.M., the Expedition finally 

 left Cape Evans and proceeded in the Terra Nova to Cape 

 Royds, where a depot of specimens left by Priestley's party on 

 the Erebus journey was embarked. 



We then steamed up the Sound towards Hut Point until 

 brought up by the fast ice which still stretched out for nearly ten 

 miles from the southern shores of McMurdo Sound. 



Early on January 20 Atkinson set out with a party of seven 

 to erect a cross in memory of our lost companions. It had been 

 constructed by Davies of Jarrah, an Australian wood. 



This cross, 9 feet in height, now stands on the summit of 

 Observation Hill, overlooking the Great Ice Barrier and in full 

 view of the Discovery winter quarters. 



* ' Teddy ' refers to Lieut. Evans, who was not expected to live after his bad attack 

 f scurvy. 



