174 SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [February 
lbs. 
176 • . lbs. biscuit (7 weeks' full biscuit) 
85 . . Si gallons oil (12 weeks' oil for 1 unit) 
850 . . 5 sacks of oats 
424 . . 4 bales of fodder 
250 . , Tank of dog biscuit 
100 . . 2 cases of biscuit 
2181 
1 skein white line 
1 set breast harness 
2 12 ft. sledges 
2 pair ski, I pair ski sticks 
1 Minimum Thermometer [sec p. 467] 
1 tin Rowntrce cocoa 
1 tin matches 
With packing we have landed considerably over a 
ton of stuff. It is a pity we couldn't get to 8o°, but 
as it is we shall have a good leg up for next year and 
can at least feed the ponies full up to this point. 
Our Camp 15 is very well marked, I think. Besides 
the flag-staff and black flag we have piled biscuit boxes, 
filled and empty, to act as reflectors — secured tea tins 
to the sledges, which are planted upright in the snow. 
The depot cairn is more than 6 ft. above the surface, 
very solid and large ; then there are the pony protection 
walls ; altogether it should show up for many miles. 
I forgot to mention that looking back on the 15th we 
saw a cairn built on a camp I2i miles behind — it was 
miraged up. 
It seems as though some of our party will find spring 
