+ 0 SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [December 
There are signs of water sky to the south, and I'm 
impatient to be off, but still one feels that waiting 
may be good policy, and I should certainly contem- 
plate waiting some time longer if it weren't for the 
ponies. 
Everyone is wonderfully cheerful ; there is laughter 
all day long. Nelson finished his series of temperatures 
and samples to-day with an observation at 1800 metres. 
Series of Sea Temperatures 
Metres Temp, (uncorrected) 
Dec. 14 o — 1*67 
10 — 1-84 
20 — i*86 
30 - 1-89 
50 — 1-92 
75 - i'93 
100 — 1*80 
125 — i'ii 
150 —0-63 
200 + 0*24 
500 4- i-i8 
1500 +0*935 
Dec. 17 1800 + o*6i 
2300 + 0*48 
Dec. 15 2800 + 0*28 
3220 4-o'ii 
3650 — 0-13 no sample 
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