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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [June 
very pretty menu card. These were cut out of cardboard 
and painted to represent Adelie penguins. 
The menu was : 
Cape Evans, 
June 22nd, Midwinter's Day. 
Croute Erebus. Amandes Selles. 
Creme de Volaille Ferrar. 
Noisettes d'Agneau Darwinian. 
Centre Filet de Boeuf roti. 
Asperges en Branches. 
Pommes de Terre Naturel. 
Poudin Noel. Pate d'Eunice. 
Compote de Fruits. 
Charlotte Russe glacee a la Beardmore. 
Buszard's Cake. Dessert. 
After dinner, when various healths had been drunk, 
Gran jumped out of the dark room dressed as a clown, 
with his face powdered and painted. His acting was 
splendid, with a joke for everybody and sometimes a 
piece of poetrv which he declaimed to the men as they 
came forward to receive their presents. Gran made an 
excellent clown, and the whole entertainment went with a 
roar from beginning to end. Then Debenham put up his 
lantern and gave us a lot of pictures of all kinds: leaving 
Dunedin, in the pack, Cape Crozier, the Western Mountains, 
ponies, and many more. He had taken a lot of time and 
trouble over these slides and they were excellent and 
added to the enjoyment of everybody. The evening was 
closed by a sing-song. Each day now we knew meant one 
