slow, and so we only got a trifle over twelve 
miles (geographical). Very anxious to see 
how we shall manage to-morrow ; if we can 
march well with the full load we shall be 
practically safe, I take it. 
“ January 4th. It is wonderful to see how 
neatly everything stows on a little sledge, 
thanks to P.O. Evans. I was anxious to sec 
how we could pull it, and glad to find we 
went easy enough. Bowers on foot pulls 
between, but behind Wilson and myself ; he 
has to keep his own pace, and luckily does not 
throw us out at all. 
The Fated Party of Five Go Forward to 
the Pole. 
u The second party had followed us in case 
of accident, but as soon as 1 was certain we 
could get along wc stopped and said farewell. 
Teddy Evans is terribly disappointed, but has 
taken it very well and behaved like a man.” 
Under average conditions the return party 
should have well fulfilled Scott’s cheery 
anticipations. Three-man teams had done 
excellently on previous sledging expeditions, 
whether in Discovery days or as recently as 
the midwinter visit to the Emperor penguins’ 
rookery ; and the three in this party were 
seasoned travellers with a skilful leader. 
Evans Nearly Dies of Scurvy — His Life 
Saved by Lashley and Crean. 
But Fortune dealt her blows impartially on 
those who went back as well as on those who 
went forward. A blizzard held them up for 
three days before reaching the head of the 
Glacier ; they had to press on at speed. By 
the time they reached the foot of the Glacier 
Lieutenant Evans developed symptoms of 
the dreaded and exhausting scurvy. With 
Lashley, he had been man-hauling a sledge 
ever since the breakdown of the motors, and 
before that had been out surveying, so that 
he had been a long time on sledging rations. 
These, no doubt, were predisposing causes. 
Withal, he continued to pull, hearing the 
heavy strain of guiding the course, As the 
hauling power thus grew less, the leader had 
to make up for loss of speed by lengthening 
the working hours. As Columbus kept from 
his crew the disquieting knowledge of their 
true distance from home, so Evans sought to 
prevent discouragement in his hard-tasked 
men by putting on his watch an hour. With 
the “ turning out ” signal thus advanced, the 
actual marching period reached twelve hours. 
The situation was saved, and Evans flattered 
himself on his ingenuity. But the men knew 
it all the time, and no word said ! 
At One Ton Camp he was unable to stand 
without the support of his ski -sticks, hut 
with the help of his companions struggled on 
another fifty-three miles in four days. Then 
he could go no farther. lids brave com- 
panions, rejecting his suggestion that he be 
left in his sleeping - bag with a supply of 
provisions while they pressed on for help, 
“ cached ” everything that could be spared, 
and pulled him on the sledge with a devotion 
matching that of their captain years before, 
when he and Wilson brought their companion 
Shaekleton. ill and helpless, safely home to 
the Discovery . 
