SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [November 
speaks of Glacier Tongue having broken away from 
MacMurdo Sound and grounded on the coast south of 
Dunlop Island. It will be interesting to see if it is still 
there. At midday we camped for lunch, and the hot 
tea and biscuit made a great difference to our marching. 
This was the first hot lunch we had had and we all appre- 
ciated it. Between 5 and 6 the pressure was very bad ; 
not high, but jagged and continuous, bruising our feet. 
Luckily we had the iron-runner sledge. Wooden runners 
would have been torn to shreds. Camped at 6.15. 
Distance 8 miles. Dunlop Island in sight about 3 miles 
ahead. 
October 3 1 . — A lovely morning. The south-west 
breeze of the night had dropped and the day felt warm. 
We suffered the same painful siTrface until within a mile 
of Dunlop Island, when we reached a smooth surface. 
We lunched on the north side of Dunlop Island. After 
lunch we searched it for records, but found nothing. 
Priestley collected some specimens. Resuming our march 
we got on to smooth ice between Dunlop Island and the 
mainland and kept a good surface until we camped 
at 6.15, half-way across the 'Bay of Sails.' Distance 
II miles: Mt. Erebus rising to the height of several 
thousand feet. 
November i. — 5 a.m. A fine morning with heavy 
clouds to the south. We had a good surface and made 
good progress. Priestley collected from Cape Gneiss and 
Marble Point. We lunched at the latter cape, and at 
3.45 we reached Cape Bernacchi, where we collected the 
remainder of Taylor's depot, three-quarters of a tin of 
