ithout the full concurrence of the members of your party.

Should the ship embark you on or about the proper date, you will take on
board your depot stores, except one week's provision. These stores should
serve your travelling needs for the remainder of the season.

Whilst expressing my wishes to the Commanding Officer of the "Terra
Nova," I have given him full discretion to act according to
circumstances, in carrying out the further programme of the season.

You will, of course, be under his orders and receive his instructions
concerning your further movements.

In your capacity as leader of a party I cannot too strongly impress on
you the necessity for caution in your movements. Although you will
probably travel under good weather conditions, you must remember that
violent storms occasionally sweep up the coast and that the changes of
weather are quite sudden, even in summer. I urge this the more especially
because I think your experiences of last year are likely to be
misleading.

I am confident that it is not safe for a party in these regions to be at
a great distance from its camp, and that, for instance, it would be
dangerous to be without shelter in such storms as that encountered by the
"Discovery" off Coulman Island early in January, 1902.

With camp equipment a party is always safe, though it is not easy to
pitch tent in a high wind.

I can forsee no object before you which can justify the risk of accident
to yourself or to the other members of your party.

I wish you to show these instructions to Debenham, who will take charge
of the party in case you should be incapacitated.

I sincerely hope you will be able to accomplish your work without
difficulty, and I am sure that Pennell will do his best to help you.
Yours,

(Signed) R.F. SCOTT.

IV.--INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOG TEAMS.

_October_ 20.
DEAR MEARES,--In order that there may be no mistake concerning the
important help which it is hoped the dog teams will give to the Southern
Party, I have thought it best to set down my wishes as under:

Assuming that you carry two bags of oilcake to Hut Point, I want you to
take these with five bags of forage to Corner Camp before the end of the
month. This will leave two bags of forage at Hut Point.

If the motors pass Hut Point en route for the Barrier, I should be glad
to get all possible information of their progress. About a day after they
have passed if you are at Hut Point I should like you to run a