IN WINTER QUARTERS WITH CAPTAIN SCOTT 321 



Emperor penguin crouched behind a snow-drift. It was the 

 first of the season, and Debenham was anxious to get a photo. 

 He stalked the penguin with great care, to my secret glee, for 

 I had noticed before that it was stone dead ! 



Next day I packed my ditty-bag with personal gear for 

 the summer journey. We were allowed 12 lbs. each. My 

 choice was as follows : — 



3 pairs socks, with Taylor's patent heel-tips ! 



1 hat. 



1 pair finger gloves. 



1 diary, 1 Browning, 1 German grammar. 

 This totalled 7 lbs., and I decided to omit spare underclothing 

 and take a small eiderdown weighing 4! lbs. It struck me 

 that it would be as comforting as Debenham's 3 lbs. of 

 tobacco, and last longer ! 



" In the afternoon we * ponted ' for a game of football for 

 the cinematograph. It was awfully good fun. The Owner 

 was centre forward (running to the north), and he arranged 

 that his side should win, to ensure an exciting picture ! 

 Atkinson was given space for a fine run in. Unfortunately in 

 trying to cleverly miss a collar I slipped, and he fell over my 

 feet. Titus was a sight, waddling after a man and then falling 

 flat. Half the people got confused with the Owner's yells to 

 1 Keep the ball in the middle and up to the goal,' so that many 

 of our side kicked it to their own goal ! Crean truculently 

 swore no one should get a goal if he could help it, and spoilt 

 all Atkinson's efforts, so that they scored nothing ! Un- 

 fortunately Debenham strained his knee defending goal, and 

 has been on his back since. We shall start west with Forde's 

 right arm useless and Debenham's leg crocked ! " 



On the 2 1 st Scott gave me my sledging orders. The 

 method of our relief by the ship seemed rather comic. We 

 were first of all to find Granite Harbour and then recognize a 

 500-foot bluff, photographed on page 154 in "The Voyage of 

 the Discovery." Here we were to await Captain Pennell in 

 mid-January. No one on the ship had seen Granite Harbour 

 either. As will be seen later, the harbour was a dozen miles 

 wrong longitude, and the only bluff which at all resembled 

 the picture was 1650 high ! We rendezvoused there as 

 required, but our letters and flag on the bluff remain un- 

 disturbed to this day ! 



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