8o 
SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 
[January 
course, but there is still a good deal of motion, and would 
be more if we attempted to increase speed. 
Oates reports that the ponies are taking it pretty well. 
Soon after 8 am. the sky cleared, and we have had 
brilliant sunshine throughout the day ; the wind came from 
the N.W. this forenoon, but has dropped during the after- 
noon. We increased to 55 revolutions at 10 a.m. The swell 
is subsiding but not so quickly as I had expected. 
To-night it is absolutely calm, with glorious bright 
sunshine. Several people were sunning themselves at 
11 o'clock! sitting on deck and reading. 
The land is clear to-night. Coulman Island 75 miles 
west. 
Sounding at 7 p.m., 187 fathoms. 
Sounding at 4 a.m., 310 „ 
Monday, January 2. — Obs. 75 0 3', 173 0 41'. Made good 
S. 3 \V. 119'; C. Crozier S. 22 W. 15c/. It has been a 
glorious night followed by a glorious forenoon ; the sun 
has been shining almost continuously. Several of us 
drew a bucket of sea water and had a bath with salt- 
water soap on the deck. The water was cold, of course, 
but it was quite pleasant to dry oneself in the sun. The 
deck bathing habit has fallen off since we crossed the 
Antarctic circle, but Bowers has kept going in all weathers. 
There is still a good deal of swell — difficult to under- 
stand after a day's calm — and less than 200 miles of water 
to windward. 
Wilson saw and sketched the new white-stomached 
whale seen by us in the pack. 
At 8.30 we sighted Mount Erebus, distant about 115 
