CHAPTER II 
On February 23, when Demetri went to Cape Evans to 
try and obtain help, he had a letter from me to Lieutenant 
Pennell, commanding the Terra Nova^ conveying my 
request. After Cherry-Garrard and Demetri had left on 
the 26th, Lashly, Lieutenant Evans, Wright, and myself 
were left at Hut Point. 
On February 29, the sea ice having gone out to within 
a quarter of a mile of Hut Point, the ship arrived. Lieu- 
tenant Evans in his sleeping-bag was placed on a sledge 
and removed on board the ship. She returned to Cape 
Evans, landing Wright and Lashly there, together 
with some stores. She then proceeded north to Evans 
Coves to try and pick up Lieutenant Campbell and his 
party. Lieutenant Evans' condition being still serious 
I had to accompany him. After several unsuccessful 
attempts to relieve Campbell, the ship returned to Cape 
Evans on March 4. Here, Keohane was picked up, and 
he and I were landed by the ship at Hut Point. Until the 
arrival of the dog teams on March 16 we occupied our- 
selves killing seals and laying in a store of meat and blubber 
before the return of the Southern Party. The ship, 
meanwhile, had proceeded north on a third attempt to 
