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SCOTT'S l-ASr EXPEDITION 
[Novicmukk 
wc found the boxes left for us hy Captain Scott in Scpteni- 
hcr. We dragged up tlie small sledge and loaded it wilJi 
nu-al, coeoa, sugar, and juMnniican. Then on tlie sec(^nd 
trip we dragged down 330 lbs. of biscuit. 
'Hien wc had a busy time in the two tents opening 
|>emmiean and cocoa tins and sorting food. WJien l^'orde 
and (Jran repacked tlie two sledges we had over 1200 lbs. 
to drag along. 
T.oAi) o!' I'iM-: Wi;s'n;RN Cixji.otacAL Paktv 
lbs. 
. 50 
50 
' Tent ' sledge 
^ Eiscuit ' sledge 
Hoots, stove, crampons 
Sleeping-bags (.\) 
l*crsonal gear (.1) 
Tent, cottkcr, Sec. 
Tlu'oth)lite 
Cameras and plates . 
Re|>air bag, Sec, 
(leological t<Ktls, Sic. . 
Shovel and ice axes (3) 
I'ood, c'vc-- (i-l- weeks), at 5^ lbs. a week, 
less 4 weeks'" pe 
Oil . 
.10 
50 
60 
35 
12 
30 
5 
15 
16 
744 
100 
28s 
78 
844 
'l\)tal 1207 
In face of tlie dilliculty we had experienced with iive men 
