96 SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [May 
officer. His medical duties have been nil, with the 
exception of stopping one of my teeth, a most successful 
operation ; but as he had been flensing a seal a few days 
before, his fingers tasted strongly of blubber ! 
Priestley's geology keeps him wandering on the top or 
on the slopes of Cape Adare, and he certainly gets more 
exercise than any of us. 
He is also meteorologist, and when he does have any 
spare moments is out with the trawl or fish trap. 
I am doing a survey of Cape Adare and the magnetic 
observations. 
Abbott is carpenter and has the building of the kayaks. 
Browning is assistant meteorologist and his special 
care is the acetylene gas plant, a thankless task, as any 
escape of gas or bad light brings a certain amount of 
criticism. 
Dickason has proved himself a most excellent cook 
and baker, while the ' galley ' is a model of neatness. 
The following was our daily routine during the winter : 
At 7 A.M. we turned out, one hand going down to the 
ice foot to get ice for cooking purposes. A number of 
empty cases were kept full of ice in the ' lean to ' outside 
the hut for use during blizzards when we could not get 
down to the ice foot. Breakfast was at 8 a.m., and con- 
sisted of porridge, seal steak or bacon, and tea. After 
breakfast we would turn to at our various jobs and worked 
till I P.M., when we had a cold lunch, bread and cheese and 
sometimes sardines, then work again until 4- p.m., when we 
had tea. After tea we cleared up decks, and then the rest 
of the day everyone had to himself. 
