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GENERAL STOWAGE 
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We prepared to start our stowage much as follows : 
The main hold contains all the shore party provisions and 
part of the huts ; above this on the main deck is packed 
in wonderfully close fashion the remainder of the wood 
of the huts, the sledges, and travelling equipment, and 
the larger instruments and machines to be employed by 
the scientific people ; this encroaches far on the men's 
space, but the extent has been determined by their own 
wish ; they have requested, through Evans, that they 
should not be considered : they were prepared to pig it 
anyhow, and a few cubic feet of space didn't matter- 
such is their spirit. 
The men's space, such as it is, therefore, extends from 
the fore hatch to the stem on the main deck. 
Under the forecastle are stalls for fifteen ponies, the 
maximum the space would hold ; the narrow irregular 
space in front is packed tight with fodder. 
Immediately behind the forecastle bulkhead is the 
small booby hatch, the only entrance to the men's mess 
deck in bad weather. Next comes the foremast, and 
between that and the fore hatch the galley and winch ; 
on the port side of the fore hatch are stalls for four ponies 
— a very stout wooden structure. 
Abaft the fore hatch is the ice-house. We managed to 
get 3 tons of ice, 162 carcases of mutton, and three carcases 
of beef, besides some boxes of sweetbreads and kidneys, 
into this space. The carcases are stowed in tiers with 
wooden battens between the tiers — it looks a triumph of 
orderly stowage, and I have great hope that it will ensure 
fresh mutton throughout our winter. 
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