I9I2] LOSS OF THE BEST DOG 333 
we saw the earth shadows cast by Erebus and Mount 
Discovery. These looked like dark cones of shadow 
running across the sky from east to west. 
During these bad conditions of ice in the winter we 
necessarily had to be careful of the dogs. Some of these 
were confirmed hunters, and it was through the ice going 
out during a blizzard that we lost the best leader that 
we had. Noogis was a dog who had been Demetri's 
leader on the southern journey in the early part of the 
year ; he had never lost heart on that journey and had 
been a great factor in cheering the other dogs and getting 
them along as well as they did. In the earlier part of the 
year he had once before been taken out to sea by the ice 
blowing away, but on that occasion he made his way 
back by the ice-foot around the Barne Glacier. On 
this occasion he was blown out during the blizzard and 
we never saw him again. 
Our feeding during this winter, with the idea of 
preventing scurvy, had a very welcome addition in the 
shape of fresh vegetables. These consisted of potatoes 
and onions which had been brought down by the ship. 
As the party was so reduced in numbers, this store lasted 
practically throughout the winter and proved very ac- 
ceptable. In September we also had another addition in 
the shape of the Emperor penguins ; they came up on the 
ice in the South Bay in very large numbers, and nearly 
every day for some time we were able to secure fresh food. 
The flesh of the Emperor penguin is better and much less un- 
palatable than seal ; it was appreciated by the men where 
seal would only have been eaten as a preventive measure. 
