4 
SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 
[November 
On either side of the main hatch and close up to the 
ice-house are two out of our three motor sledges ; the 
third rests across the break of the poop in a space formerly 
occupied by a winch. 
In front of the break of the poop is a stack of petrol 
cases; a further stack surmounted with bales of fodder 
stands between the main hatch and the mainmast, and 
cases of petrol, paraffin, and alcohol, arranged along cither 
gangway. 
We have managed to get 405 tons of coal in bunkers 
and main hold, 25 tons in a space left in the fore hold, and 
a little over 30 tons on the upper deck. 
The sacks containing this last, added to the goods 
already mentioned, make a really heavy deck cargo, and 
one is naturally anxious concerning it; but everything 
that can be done by lashing and securing has been 
done. 
The appearance of confusion on deck is completed by 
our thirty-three dogs 1 chained to stanchions and bolts on 
the ice-house and on the main hatch between the motor 
sledges. 
With all these stores on board the ship still stood 
two inches above her load mark. The tanks arc filled with 
compressed forage, except one, which contains 12 tons of 
fresh water — enough, we hope, to take us to the ice. 
Forage. — I originally ordered 30 tons of compressed 
oaten hay from Melbourne. Oates has gradually persuaded 
us that this is insufficient, and our pony food weight has 
gone up to 45 tons, besides 3 or 4 tons for immediate use. 
The extra consists of 5 tons of hay, 5 or 6 tons of oil-cake, 
