CH. LVI] 
The Societies" Expedition 
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The instructions were drafted in January 1901. The 
first paragraph stated the objects to be discovery and ex- 
ploration. Importance was also attached to a magnetic 
survey and to meteorological, oceanographic, geological, 
biological, and physical investigations and researches. 
After paragraphs dealing with the relations with a chief 
of the scientific staff— who, perhaps fortunately, did not 
go out, for there could have been no fitter chief of the 
scientific staff than Scott himself— particular attention 
was called to the discovery of new coast lines, of the 
depth and nature of the ice cap, of the nature of the 
mountain ranges, and of the underlying fossiliferous 
rocks. Co-operation with the German expedition was 
enjoined whenever possible. Attention was drawn to the 
region to the east of the Great Barrier, which was entirely 
unknown, and an effort was to be made to discover land 
in the Ross Quadrant. Equal importance was attached to 
an examination of the Barrier, of the volcanic region, and 
to journeys to the west and south. Discretion to winter 
with the ship was left to Captain Scott. All mention of 
the south pole as an objective was carefully avoided. 
I planned an Antarctic Manual on the lines of the 
Arctic Manuals prepared for the expedition of 1875-76, 
securing the services of Mr G. Murray as editor. It proved 
very useful, the first part containing instructions and 
information by leading men of science, and the second 
part being the narratives of Biscoe, Balleny, Dumont 
d'Urville, and Wilkes, with papers on polar travelling by 
Sir Leopold M'Clintock and on the exploration of Antarctic 
lands by Argtowski. 
In July 1901 the great work of fitting out the expedition 
was fast approaching completion. The Geographical Club 
gave the officers a farewell dinner at Greenwich on the 3rd. 
There were many toasts, and Captain Scott did a very 
graceful thing in proposing the health of our Secretary, 
Mr Longhurst, "with whom," he said, "he had worked 
so pleasantly for nearly a year, and whose services had 
been so valuable to the expedition/' On the 16th the 
Bishop of London visited the Discovery, held service and 
delivered a very impressive address to officers and men 1 . 
x The text of the Bishop's address was "Behold how good and how 
pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity" (Psalm cxxxiii. i). 
