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will leave at Butter Point 2 weeks' provision for your 
party for use in case you are forced to retreat along the 
coast late in the season, and for the same eventuality you 
will depot a week's provision at Cape Bernacchi. 
^ On arrival in Granite Harbour you will choose a 
suitable place to depot the main bulk of your provision. 
' As the commanding oflicer of the Terra Nova has 
been referred to the Bluff Headland shown in the photo- 
graph on page 154 Voyage of the Discovery " as the place 
near which you are likely to be found, it is obviously 
desirable that your depot should be in this vicinity. 
' I approve your plan to employ your time thereafter 
approximately as follows : 
' During what remains of the first fortnight of November 
in exploring north of Granite Harbour. 
' During the Last fortnight of November in exploring 
south of Granite Harbour.' 
It was originally intended that we were to have tJie 
honour of starting the ' long trails ' during the second 
summer. But owing to an unfortunate accident Deben- 
ham injured his knee, and when the time came for oui- 
start he was quite unable to leave his bunk. The motor 
party left and then the Pole party. We had probably 
a month's sledging on the sea ice ahead of us — and we 
knew that the ice might break up and float north early in 
December, so that it became a serious question how long 
I could delay the start. On the 5th Gran, Forde, and 1 
pulled our heavy sledge beyond the great shear crack 
(2| miles) and left it there. 
On November 7 Dr. Simpson, Debenham, Nelson and 
