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THE STRAND MAGAZINE. 
CAPTAIN SCOTT AT 
THE LITTLE ROOM IS 
POINTED OUT THE POR- 
AND, ON THE SHELVES 
provided for. At Lyttel- 
ton, New Zealand, while 
a leak in the T err a Nova 
was being repaired, 
everything was taken 
o u t, overhauled, re- 
sorted, and marked 
afresh by the inde- 
fatigable Lieu tenant 
Bowers, who afterwards 
re-stowed the stores so 
as to save space. Even 
so, there was little 
enough room ; Captain 
Scott discovered later 
that the men in the 
forecastle volunteered 
to cramp their own 
quarters so as to pro- 
vide more stowage 
CAPTAIN SCOTT IN THE DRESS WORN DURING THE WINTER AT 
CAPE EVANS. 
biologists, especially in the life-history of the para- 
sites which infest the fish and seals ; while the 
winter journey of Dr. Wilson to find the eggs of the 
Emperor Penguin, so as to determine its affinities 
embryologically, “ makes a tale for our generation 
which I trust ” (wrote Scott) “ will not be lost in 
the telling.” 
The organization of so large a party with such 
varied aims was com- 
plex to the last degree. 
But every detail of 
supply was thought out 
in advance ; every con- 
ceivable contingency 
