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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [January 
faster than his pursuer — that is, the pony and load were 
going better than the Norwegian on ski. 
Gran is doing very well. He has a lazy pony and 
a good deal of work to get him along, and does it very 
cheerfully. 
The dogs are doing excellently — getting into better 
condition every day. 
They ran the first load 1 mile 1200 yards past the 
stores on the Barrier, to the spot chosen for f Safety Camp/ 
the big home depot. 
I don't think that any part of the Barrier is likely to 
go, but it's just as well to be prepared for everything, 
and our camp must deserve its distinctive title of 
? Safety.' 
In the afternoon the dogs ran a second load to the 
same place — covering over 24 geographical miles in the 
day — an excellent day's work. 12 
Evans and I took a load out on foot over the pressure 
ridge. The camp load alone remains to be taken to the 
Barrier. Once wc get to Safety Camp we can stay as 
long as we like before starting our journey. It is only 
wlien we start that we must travel fast. 
Most of the day it has been overcast, but to-night 
it has cleared again. There is very little wind. The 
temperatures of late have been ranging from 9 0 at night 
to 24 0 in the day. Very easy circumstances for sledging. 
Monday , January 30. — Camp 3. Safety Camp. 
Bearings : Lat. 77.55 ; Cape Armitagc N. 64 W. ; Camel's 
Hump of Blue Glacier left, extreme ; Castle Rock N. 40 W. 
