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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 
[October 
and I felt very cold when I turned out at about 5 a.m. 
We soon got warm, however, for the snowdrifts between 
the pressure were awful. We made out Tripp Island at 
the head of the bay in the afternoon. It has been a very 
tiring day, and as Browning was rather bad we camped 
at 4.30. Distance 7 miles. 
October 26. — A fine morning. We started away 
after breakfast with both sledges, while Priestley went 
into the bay on ski to look at Tripp Island and see if 
Professor David had left his depot of rocks there. We 
knew he had depoted the specimens on some island on 
the coast, but did not know which. 
The surface had improved, so the rest of us were able 
to get the sledges along at a fair pace and it was noon 
before Priestley caught us up. He had seen nothing of 
the depot, but collected some rock specimens himself. 
By 5 P.M. we were off another little island on the top of 
which I made out a bamboo with my glasses. We 
pulled in and camped under the north end. We had a 
hard struggle over the pack, but within a few hundred 
yards of land we found a smooth lead up and down the 
coast. After this we made a point of keeping close to 
the coast line on our journey, and it certainly paid us, 
in spite of the extra mileage. After hoosh Priestley and 
I climbed to the top of the island and collected Professor 
David's specimens, also some letters his party had left 
in a tin, addressed to Mrs. David, Dr. Maw^son, Lieutenant 
Shackleton, and to Commanding Officer, S.Y. Nimrod, 
We brought all these down and packed them on the 
sledge. When I got back to camp Levick came to me 
