144 SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [June 
from getting blocked with snow, while the bamboo in the 
chimney keeps us an air hole. 
Ju7ie 12. — The wind moderated to-day, and we were 
able to get out for sea ice and meat, and also a fresh store 
of bones from the old carcases of seals which we make use 
of in our blubber stoves. 
June i6. — Being Sunday we get twelve lumps of 
sugar and have two tabloids of ginger each. These chewed 
up with sugar and a little imagination give us preserved 
ginger. The weather during the week has been thick with 
snow when it has not been blowing, but we have given up 
hoping for good weather, and if we can get a lull every few 
days to bring up sea ice and blubber, we shall not worry. 
June 20. — The wind eased a little to-day, and I got 
out for a walk, but soon came in with a frostbitten nose. 
Our wind clothes are torn and so rotten with blubber that 
we have to be constantly mending them. The grease 
makes any snow or drift stick to them, and brushing them 
when we come in from a walk is a long business. We are 
feeling very excited about the feast on Midwinter Day, and 
have been discussing the menu for some time. It will 
consist of liver hoosh and biscuits, four sticks of chocolate, 
twenty-five raisins, and a sip of Wincarnis each. 
Jmie 22.— Midwinter Day. The weather was sea- 
sonable : pitch dark, with wind and a smothering drift 
outside. We woke up early, and being too impatient to 
wait longer, turned out, and for breakfast had our first full 
hoosh. In the evening we had another followed by cocoa 
with sugar in it, then four citric acid and two ginger 
tabloids, finishing up the evening with a sing-song and a 
