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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION (April 
Yesterday Wilson prepared a fry of seal meat with 
penguin blubber. It had a flavour like cod-liver oil and 
was not much appreciated — some ate their share, and I 
think all would have done so if we had had sledging 
appetites — shades of Discovery days ! ! 16 
This Emperor weighed anything from 88 to 96 lbs., 
and therefore approximated to or exceeded the record. 
The dogs are doing pretty well with one or two 
exceptions. Deek is the worst, but I begin to think 
all will pull through. 
Thursday, April 6, a.m. — The weather continued 
fine and clear yesterday — one of the very few fine days 
we have had since our arrival at the hut. 
The sun shone continuously from early morning till it 
set behind the northern hills about 5 p.m. The sea froze 
completely, but with only a thin sheet to the north. A 
fairly strong northerly wind sprang up, causing this thin 
ice to override and to leave several open leads near the 
land. In the forenoon I went to the edge of the new 
ice with Wright. It looked at the limit of safety and we 
did not venture far. The over-riding is interesting : the 
edge of one sheet splits as it rises and slides over the 
other sheet in long tongues which creep onward impres- 
sively. Whilst motion lasts there is continuous music, a 
medley of high-pitched but tuneful notes — one might 
imagine small birds chirping in a wood. The ice 
sings, we say. 
P>M , — I n the afternoon went nearly two miles to the 
north over the young ice ; found it about 3! inches thick. 
At supper arranged programme for shift to Cape Evans — 
