PREFACE 



details of that part of Victoria Land, and threw some 

 new light on its geology. 



The discovery of forty-five miles of new coast-line 

 extending from Cape North, first in a south-westerly 

 and then in a westerly direction, was another important 

 piece of geographical work. 



During the homeward voyage of the Nimrod a careful 

 search strengthened that prevalent idea that Emerald 

 Island, The Nimrod Islands and Dougherty Island do 

 not exist, but I would not advise their removal from the 

 chart without further investigation. There is a remote 

 possibility that they lie at some point in the neighbour- 

 hood of their charted positions, and it is safer to have 

 them charted until their non-existence has been proved 

 absolutely. 



I should like to tender my warmest thanks to those 

 generous people who supported the expedition in its 

 early days. Miss Dawson Lambton and Miss E. Dawson 

 Lambton made possible the first steps towards the organ- 

 isation of the expedition, and assisted afterwards in every 

 way that lay in their power. Mr. William Beardmore 

 (Parkhead, Glasgow), Mr. G. A. McLean Buckley 

 (New Zealand), Mr. Campbell McKellar (London), 

 Mr. Sydney Lysaght (Somerset), Mr. A. M. Fry 

 (Bristol), Colonel Alexander Davis (London), Mr. 

 William Bell (Pendell Court, Surrey), Mr. H. H. 

 Bartlett (London) , and other friends contributed liberally 

 towards the cost of the expedition. I wish also to thank 

 the people who guaranteed a large part of the necessary 

 expediture, and the Imperial Government for the grant 

 of £20,000, which enabled me to redeem these guarantees. 

 Sir James Mills, managing director of the Union Steam 

 Shipping Company of New Zealand, gave very valuable 

 assistance. The kindness and generosity of the Govern- 



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