SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 
[January 
Thursday, 'January 26. — Yesterday I went to the ship 
with a dog team. All went well till the dogs caught sight 
of a whale breeching in the 30 ft. lead and promptly 
made for it ! It was all we could do to stop them before 
we reached the water. 
Spent the day writing letters and completing arrange- 
ments for the ship — a brisk northerly breeze sprang up 
in the night and the ship bumped against the glacier 
until the pack came in as protection from the swell. 
Ponies and dogs arrived about 1 p.m., and at 5 we all went 
out for the final start. 
A little earlier Pennell had the men aft and I thanked 
them for their splendid work. They have behaved like 
bricks and a finer lot of fellows never sailed in a ship. 
It was good to get their hearty send-off. Before we could 
get away Ponting had his half-hour photographing us, 
the ponies and the dog teams — I hope he will have made 
a good thing of it. It was a little sad to say farewell to 
all these good fellows and Campbell and his men. I do 
most heartily trust that all will be successful in their 
ventures, for indeed their unselfishness and their generous 
high spirit deserves reward. God bless them. 
So here we are with all our loads. One wonders what 
the upshot will be. It will take three days to transport 
the loads to complete safety ; the break-up of the sea ice 
ought not to catch us before that. The wind is from the 
S.E. again to-night. 
Friday^ January 27.— Camp 2. Started at 9.30 and 
moved a load of fodder 3$ miles south— returned to camp 
