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was pitched abreast of it, forms the most conspicuous landmark of the southern 

 portion of this land-mass. 



It will be seen that the whole coast-line from 77 S. lat. to 83 S. lat. can be 

 conveniently considered as composed of five land-masses separated from one 

 another by four inlets. The northernmost of these with the Royal Society Range is 

 best known to us as being nearest to our winter-quarters. The second land-mass 

 lies between Skelton and Mulock Inlets, the third between Mulock and Barne 

 Inlets, the fourth between Barne and Shacldeton Inlets, and the fifth between 

 Shackleton Inlet and the unknown South. The last-mentioned appears on the 

 extreme left of this panorama. 



PLATE CL. THE RED CLIFFS. 



From a sketch made on the Southern Sledge Journey; Jan. 3, 1903, noon. 

 (Map A.) 



" On this day we were abreast of the highest cliffs we had seen, and my angles, 

 roughly computed, gave a height of 1800 feet between their base and the white 

 snow-line on top, and they were so impressive even in the distance that I cannot 

 believe them to have been much under. In many places the rock-face must have 

 been sheer to this great height, for where it fell away a white splash showed where 

 the snow had found lodgment. 



In colour they were a rich, deep red, though a little farther to the S. this rock 

 was confusingly bedded with a darker, almost black one ; this alternation of black 

 and red occurred along the whole coast south of our position at this time, always in 

 the same irregular fashion, but always with a definite line between the red and the 

 black." Scott, Voyage of the 'Discovery,' vol. ii., p. 71. 



PLATE CLL VIEW TO THE S. FROM CHRISTMAS CAMP. 



From a sketch made on the Southern Sledge Journey; Dec. 26, 1902, 9 A.M. 

 (Map A.) 



Rather more of the southernmost land-mass appears in the present sketch 

 than in Plate CXL1X. 



Mount Longstaff, 10,350 feet high, and Mount Christchurch, 4700 feet, show 

 peaks which are lost again a few miles farther S., behind the snow-cap of Cape 

 Lyttelton. 



To the right of the sketch is Christmas Mountain, and a little to the left of it 

 the high Red Cliffs shown in Plate CL. 



