300 WITH SCOTT : THE SILVER LINING 



5. The boulder-strewn plateau parallel to and east of the 

 latter, and about 150 to 200 feet high. It is largely ground- 

 moraine, but contains some ancient ice masses, and is affected 

 by soil-creep or solifluxion. 



6. A zone of large blocks (with ice between) which occurs 

 chiefly in the north-east, and merges into the Erebus Glacier. 

 Both 5 and 6 contain numerous debris cones, which are 

 especially large in the south-east over Land's End cliffs. 



7. The continuous Erebus Glacier which extends un- 

 interruptedly from Cape Barne to Turk's Head, and walls in 

 Cape Evans to the east. There is not much movement in it 

 just behind the cape, for there is no ice "wall " but a gradual 

 merging of rock and ice. 



My diary proceeds as follows : — 



"September 1. — I fear I must give this a miss. Titus 

 Oates says, * You were probably caulking and coughing, or 

 blatting. But if the latter you'd remember ! ' (These rude 

 words refer to a slight cough that worked me at this time. 

 1 Caulking ' is sleeping, and ' blatting ' is arguing.) The 

 Conservatives were evidently waking up, for I note one of 

 Atkinson's remarks. Colonials go to London and murmur 

 ceaselessly, * Change and decay, in all around I see, Except 

 in me, O Lord, except in me ! ' This misquotation afforded 

 the ' True-Blues ' (Cherry, Birdie, Titus, and Atch) great joy 

 about twenty times a day. We Liberals scorned to use such 

 feeble wit in upholding our principles." 



The next lecture was one delivered by Birdie Bowers on 

 the Evolution of Polar Clothing. I took fairly full notes of 

 this lecture, which represented much reading on Birdie's part 

 in our extensive library of Polar journals. 



LECTURE ON "EVOLUTION OF POLAR CLOTHING" 



By Bowers. 



September I, 191 1. 



There are many fabrics which can be used, for instance, cotton is 

 very satisfactory for some purposes, as we see in our windproof overalls. 

 Fur was naturally first used, and Ross, on his magnetic pole expe- 

 dition, was the first to employ fur sleeping-bags. Weddell found boots a 

 great difficulty, and had to cut up all his gear to make new ones. Some 

 Arctic explorers used blanket squares (sixteen inches across) instead of 



