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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [July 
notes of the aurorae, and did so much generally through- 
out the journey and with so much persistence notwith- 
standing the difficulties that beset us, that this Report 
must be considered as much his as mine. He has more- 
over read it all through and has materially helped me in 
making it complete. What I think of him and of Cherry- 
Garrard as companions for a sledge journey of this kind 
I have already made known to you, sir, in conversation. 
It would be impossible to say too much about either of 
them. I think their patience and persistence from 
beginning to end was what made five weeks of discomfort 
not only bearable but much more than pleasant. I have 
added this note since his revision of the Report. 
Sunday^ July 2, 191 1. — Min. temp, for the night was 
-65 '2°, and this notwithstanding a breeze of force 3 
from the S.S.E. with slight drift. The temp, during the 
day ranged from -60"^ to -65^ with calm, and light airs 
which again made us adjust nose nips. After their use 
this day and yesterday, however, they were unnecessary, 
and some of us never again used them. 
A fog bank formed along the Promontory ridge during 
the afternoon, but rose, and later dispersed to the west- 
ward. We all noticed that our frozen fur mits thawed 
out on our hands while it lasted. 
Sunday^ July 2, 191 1 {continued). — ^We were again 
relaying to-day by daylight from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and 
by moonlight instead of candle-lamp from 4.30 to 8 p.m. 
This was the first we had seen of the new moon. As it 
passed exactly behind the summit of Erebus it gave us 
an extraordinary picture of an eruption. 
