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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [January 
him not to attempt them unless he caught me up, but to 
photograph and collect on the shores of the piedmont. 
January 27. — Overcast. Tops of mountains obscured. 
Strong wind in squalls. Started after breakfast, and 
with our light load made good progress. We made a 
big sweep round Cape Sastrugi to try and avoid the 
crevasses, but without success. 
The afternoon was hot and muggy, and when we 
camped that night we were wet with perspiration. After 
supper I went out with Priestley to collect, and the sun 
being hot I took off my vest, and, turning it inside out, 
put it over my sweater, where it dried beautifully. I 
remarked to Priestley at the time that this ought to 
bring me luck, and sure enough, immediately afterwards 
I found a sandstone rock containing fossil wood, the best 
specimen as yet secured by the party. 
January 28. — Blowing hard from the N.W., with 
drift, but clear sky. The temperature being warm, the 
drift made everything very wet. After breakfast Priestley 
hunted for fossils, while I got another round of angles. 
We then marched, edging over to the northern moraines, 
on which we camped that night. 
January 29. — A beautiful day, but no sign of the 
other party. After breakfast we started, and crossing 
moraine, steered for what we called ' Corner Glacier,' a 
small steep glacier whose course lay more on our route 
for Wood Bay. The going was easy, and we camped 
that evening on the north lateral moraine, which lies at 
the foot of a steep scree descending from the mountains. 
The moraine was a very large one, with a number of 
