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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 
[December 
sail in to clear the atmosphere. If this does not improve 
matters we must hang more carcases in the rigging. 
Later y 6 p.m. — The wind has backed from S.E. to E.S.E. 
and the swell is going down — this seems to argue open 
water in the first but not in the second direction and that 
the course we pursue is a good one on the whole. 
The sky is clearing but the wind still gusty, force 4 to 7 ; 
the ice has frozen a little and we've made no progress since 
noon. 
9 p.m. — One of the ponies went down to-night. He 
has been down before. It may mean nothing ; on the 
other hand it is not a circumstance of good omen. 
Otherwise there is nothing further to record, and I 
close this volume of my Journal under circumstances 
which cannot be considered cheerful. 
A FRESH MS. BOOK. 1910-11 
[On the Flyleaf] 
* And in regions far 
Such heroes bring ye forth 
As those from whom we came 
And ptant our name 
Under that star 
Not known unto our North.' 
1 To the Virginian Voyage.' 
Drayton. 
1 But be the workeinen what they may be, let us speake of the workc ; 
that is, the true greatnesse of Kingdom and estates ; and the meanes 
thereof.' Bacon. 
Still in the Ice 
Wednesday, December 28, 1910.— Obs. Noon, 69 0 if S., 
1 79 0 42' W. Made good since 26th S.74 W. 31' ; C. Crozier 
S. 22 W. 530'. The gale has abated. The sky began 
