528 
SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 
Sledges, difference in, (i.) 244 : list, 
(i.) loi, App. 18, 624-5 : runners — 
iron, (ii.) 105, 106, 174; sealskin 
coverings, (i.) 100 ; tapered run- 
ners, sledges with (Finnesskis) , 
(ii-) 332, 340 
Sledging Journeys, ill. (ii.) 158 : 
candle lamp, sledging by — Winter 
Journey, (ii.) lo, 11 : diets and 
rations,— (i.) 151, (ii.) 332, 
Bowers' lecture, (i.) 289 : distri- 
buting food — ' Shut-eye,' (ii.) 
240 : hard pulling work, pro- 
vision needed for, (i.) 470 : 
horsemeat, (i.) 479, 483, 579, 581 : 
increased ration, effect, (i.) 374, 
581, 582 : Levick's experiment, 
(ii.) 141 : raw blubber, (i.) 127 : 
Scott's investigations, (i.) 292 : 
summit ration, success, (i.) 306, 
517, 533, 382 : tea, (i.) 542 : 
tea V. cocoa, (i.) 290, (ii.) 239 : 
Western Geological Party menu, 
(ii.) 238 : Wilson on, (i.) 290 : 
Winter Journey experiments, (i.) 
323, 367» (ii-) 22-3, 74 
Distances covered, (i.) 184-5, 459, 
465, 468, 476, 478, 501, 510, 521, 
531, (ii.) 16 et seq., 24, 25, 58, 65 
et seq.y 15S et seq.^ -zgy : equip- 
ment — saving weight, question 
of (Depot Journey), (i.) 156-7, 
Winter Journey, (i.) 368 : — experi- 
ence, value of, (i.) 178, 241, 243 : 
four-man team, (ii.) 291 : fuel 
allowance : — Western Spring Jour- 
ney, (i.) 409-15 ; Winter Journey, 
(ii.) 32, 48 : — impressions on the 
march, (i.) 153, ^55, 156, 160 : 
loads carried, (i.) 333, (ii.) 187, 
228 : see also titles Dogs, Mules, 
and Ponies: Mems. for, (i.) 172: 
minor discomforts, (i.) 104, 502, 
508 : monotony, (i.) 523, 524, 536, 
539, 544 : night marching, (i.) 
152, 159, 187, 448, 449, (11.) 234, 
238 : sail, help from, (1.) 548, 
550, (ii.) 232 : sweating in low 
temperatures, (i.) 241, 242, 245, 
503, 506, 508, 509, 522, (ii.) 269 : 
three-man team, (i.) App. 25, 628 : 
two-man unit, disadvantages, (ii.) 
301. For particular journeys, see 
titles Depot Laying, Northern 
Journey, &c. 
Sleeping-bags, (i.) 130 : best size, 
(ii.) 64, 73 : carrymg open, (i.) 
415 : eiderdown inner bags, (i.) 
322, (ii.) 29, 57, 64, 293 : getting 
into, ill. (i.) 452 : list of bags and 
donors, (i.) App. 18, 623-4 ■ 
turning, (i.) 368, (ii.) 63, 74: 
Winter Journey, condition on, 
(ii,) 14, 22, 32, 56, 57, 62 et seq.— 
ice accumulated, (i.) 368 ; (ii.) 73 
Smith, Mr. Reginald — Scott's farewell 
letter to, (i.) 603 : library presented 
by, (ii.) 497 
Smoking, (ii.) 273 
Snow — crystal forms, (i.) 446 
Snow blindness — dogs, (i.) 114 : first 
experience of, (i.) 100 : treatment 
with zinc sulphate, (ii.) 284-51 
For particular instances, see names 
of Men and Expeditions 
Snow crusts — blizzards and seasonal 
deposition, (i.) 171 
Snow drifts as camping grounds, (ii.) 
210 
Snow knife, (i.) 300, 307 
Snow shelters, warmth in, (i.) 349 
Snow shoes for ponies. See title 
Ponies 
Snowy petrel seen far south, (ii.) 302 
' Soldier.* See Oates, Captain 
Soulsby, Sir W., (ii.) 501 
Soundings, (i.) 25, 30, 34, 37, 50, 61, 
71, 78, 80, 81, 82, (ii.) 361, 370, 
401 : adaptation of motor to work 
Lucas machine, (ii.) 369, 374 : 
deep - sea soundings, (ii.) 390 : 
glacier movements, (ii.) 400 : ice, 
soundings taken through, (ii.) 487 : 
rorqual, wire fouled by, (ii.) 364 
Souper, Miss — Midwinter presents, 
(i-) 327 
South Africa — Government grant, 
(ii.) 489 
Soiith Polar Times, (i.) 330, 407, 
(ii.) 318, 325 
South Trinidad, collections from, (ii.) 
477 
South Victoria Land — geological 
history, (ii.) 430-7 ; resume of 
physiography and glacial geology, 
(ii.) 416-29 
Southern Barrier Depot, (i.) 480, 578 
Southern Journey — cinematograph 
of start, (i.) 445, 449 : equipment, 
organisation, &c. , of Parties — 
plans and preparations, (i.) 130, 
401-3, 404, 407, App. 9, 614, ill. 
438 : motor sledges, independence 
of, (i.) 405, 444 : photography- 
Scott's preparations, (i.) 408, 422, 
423 : plans well laid, equipment 
right in every detail, (i.) 446, 489, 
5x3, 603, 605 : ponies told off, (i.) 
376 : Scott's lectures, (i.) 266, 407 : 
selection of party, qualifications, 
