THE "TERRA NOVA 
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but it was produced forthwith from the ' annexe/ as we 
called the store outside the big hut at Cape Evans. 
Captain Scott, assisted by Lieutenant Campbell and 
Mr. Gran, selected the sledging outfit, fur gloves, sleeping- 
bags, and finneskoe, and Gran personally chose every 
pair of ski and inspected every sledge-runner. 
Mr. Meares gave us some very sound advice on the 
preparation of the animals' harness and accoutrements, 
and the credit of this part of our equipment certainly 
belongs to him, while Captain Gates at his own cost 
provided the ponies' forage from New Zealand. 
A more detailed description of the outfit will 
subsequently be published, but the nature of this nar- 
rative does not permit one to expand on the subject of 
fitting out. 
The choice of a ship was made on September 22, 1909, 
and that day arrangements were made for the purchase 
of the steamship Terra Nova^ the largest and strongest 
of the old Scottish whalers. Thanks to Messrs. C. T. 
Bowring & Co., we were able to secure the ship before 
we had raised a tenth of the necessary funds, and she 
was handed over to the Expedition on November 8, in 
the West India Docks. The Terra Nova was purchased 
for the Expedition by Messrs. David Bruce & Sons for 
£12,500. This firm subsequently subscribed the amount 
of their commission on the transaction to the funds of 
the British Antarctic Expedition, and the owners (C. T. 
Bowring & Co.) subscribed ;^50o and greatly assisted 
Captain Scott to raise money in Liverpool for his enterprise. 
The Terra Nova was handed over to the Second 
