6 SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [November 
have given him an ordinary power of attorney, and I think 
have left him in possession of all facts. His kindness to 
us was beyond words. 
The Voyage out 
Saturday, November 26. — We advertised our start at 
3 p.m., and at three minutes to that hour the Terra Nova 
pushed off from the jetty. A great mass of people 
assembled. K. and I lunched with a party in the New 
Zealand Company's ship Ruapehu. Mr. Kinsey, Ainsley, 
the Arthur and George Rhodes, Sir George Clifford, &c. 2 
K. and I went out in the ship, but left her inside the heads 
after passing the Cambrian, the only Naval ship present. 
We came home in the Harbour Tug ; two other tugs 
followed the ship out and innumerable small boats. 
Ponting busy with cinematograph. We walked over the 
hills to Sumner. Saw the Terra Nova, a little dot to 
the S.E. 
Monday, November 28.— Caught 8 o'clock express to 
Port Chalmers, Kinsey saw us off. Wilson joined train. * 
Rhodes met us Timaru. Telegram to say Terra Nova 
had arrived Sunday night. Arrived Port Chalmers at 
4.30. Found all well. 
Tuesday, November 29.— Saw Fenwick re Central News 
agreement— to town. Thanked Glendenning for hand- 
some gift, 130 grey jerseys. To Town Hall to see Mayor. 
Found all well on board. 
We left the wharf at 2.30— bright sunshine— very gay 
