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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [January 
seemed obviously on the increase, and so has proved. 
The sun has not been obscured, but snow is evidently 
falling as well as drifting. The sun seems to be getting 
a little brighter as the wind increases. The whole pheno- 
menon is very like a Barrier blizzard, only there is much 
less snow, as one would expect, and at present less wind, 
which is somewhat of a surprise. 
Evans' hand was dressed this morning, and the rest 
ought to be good for it. I am not sure it will not do us 
all good as we lie so very comfortably, warmly clothed in 
our comfortable bags, within our double-walled tent. 
However, we do not want more than a day's delay at most, 
both on account of lost time and food and the slow 
accumulation of ice. (Night T. -13*5°.) It has grown 
much thicker during the day, from time to time obscuring 
the sun for the fust time. The temperature is low for a 
blizzard, but we are very comfortable in our double tent 
and the cold snow is not sticky and not easily carried into 
the tent, so that the sleeping-bags remain in good condition. 
(T. -3 0 .) The glass is rising slightly. I hope we shall be 
able to start in the morning, but fear that a disturbance 
of this sort may last longer than our local storm. 
It is quite impossible to speak too highly of my com- 
panions. Each fulfils his office to the party ; Wilson, 
first as doctor, ever on the lookout to alleviate the small 
pains and troubles incidental to the work; now as cook, 
quick, careful and dexterous, ever thinking of some fresh 
expedient to help the camp life ; tough as steel on the 
traces, never wavering from start to finish. 
Evans, a giant worker with a really remarkable head- 
