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WITH SCOTT : THE SILVER LINING 



binnacle ; all the remaining area has been filled with labora- 

 tories and with two central structures, the deck-house and 

 chart-house. Below, a relatively noble room has been pro- 

 vided ; with an enclosed balcony much more useful and not 

 much less ornamental than the classic specimen in Verona ! 



In naval parlance, our saloon is dignified by the title of 

 " wardroom," and has none of the inconveniences usually 

 associated with polar exploration. It is plainly furnished with 

 a long centre table and two lateral leather-covered seats. The 

 stove (not yet needed) certainly blocks the passage behind the 



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head of the table, but under normal conditions, especially 

 before the expansive after-dinner moments, there is sitting 

 accommodation for seventeen officers. Three more sit on 

 boxes at three corners — the fourth being left open as a 

 breathing space for the steward. Hence twenty of the twenty- 

 four constituting the "afterguard " are accounted for, and the 

 remainder are usually on watch, and arrive uproariously hungry 

 after the majority have reached the tobacco stage. 



On our early appearance we were cheerily hailed by the 

 two officers on board. One had just converted the deck- 

 house "balcony" — which overlooked the wardroom — into a 

 bathroom, the other was devouring ham and eggs down 



