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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 
[October 
We saw rock outcropping from the piedmont at various 
places, and no doubt these exposures will be points or 
islands at some near period in the future. Priestley 
collected specimens everywhere he could. We saw an 
enormous quantity of seals and young up^ so this is 
evidently a great breeding-place. 
October 28. — A fine morning ; we made fair progress 
over a snow surface. We had to make a detour into the 
bay to avoid pressure. A cold wind sprang up in the 
afternoon, and my nose, which had got very sunburnt all 
the morning, promptly froze, and when thawed out was 
very painful. We camped about 6 p.m. two miles north 
of Cape Roberts. No seals were up on the south side of 
the bay. Distance 10 miles. No sign of the ship or of 
Debenham's party, 
October 29. — Turned out at 4.30 a.m. A fine day, 
but a bank of cloud to the south and a cold westerly 
wind. A two hours' march brought us to Cape Roberts, 
where I saw through my glasses a bamboo stuck on the 
top of the cape. Leaving the sledges, Priestley and I 
climbed the cape, when we found a record left by the 
Western Party last year before they were picked up, and 
giving their movements, while near by was a depot of 
provisions they had left behind. We gave such a yell 
the others ran up the slope at once. It seemed almost 
too good to be true. 
We found two tins of biscuits, one slightly broached, 
and a small bag each of raisins, tea, cocoa, butter, and 
lard. There were also clothes, diaries, and specimens from 
Granite ?Iarbour. T decided to camp here and have a 
