s brain by a
fall. It is a terrible thing to lose a companion in this way, but calm
reflection shows that there could not have been a better ending to the
terrible anxieties of the past week. Discussion of the situation at lunch
yesterday shows us what a desperate pass we were in with a sick man on
our hands at such a distance from home."[340]

[Illustration: WHERE EVANS DIED--E. A. Wilson, del.]

FOOTNOTES:

[294] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 536.

[295] It is to be noticed that every return party, including the
Polar Party, was supposed by their companions to be going to
have a very much easier time than, as a matter of fact, they
had.--A. C.-G.

[296] Bowers.

[297] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. pp. 530-534.

[298] Simpson, _B.A.E., 1910-1913_, "Meteorology," vol. i. p. 291.

[299] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 540.

[300] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. pp. 541-542.

[301] Simpson, _B.A.E., 1910-1913_, "Meteorology," vol. i. pp.
144-146.

[302] Simpson, _B.A.E., 1910-1913_, "Meteorology," vol. i. p. 41.

[303] See pp. xxxviii-xxxix.

[304] See p. xivii.

[305] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 543.

[306] Wilson.

[307] Evidently meaning some miles from crest to crest.

[308] Bowers, _Polar Meteorological Log._

[309] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. pp. 543-544.

[310] Simpson, _B.A.E., 1910-1913_, "Meteorology," vol. i. p. 40.

[311] Bowers.

[312] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. pp. 550-551.

[313] Bowers.

[314] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 552.

[315] Bowers.

[316] Wilson.

[317] Wilson.

[318] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 541.

[319] Ibid. p. 549.

[320] Wilson.

[321] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 557.

[322] Ibid. pp. 560, 561.

[323] Wilson.

[324] Ibid.

[325] Bowers.

[326] Wilson.

[327] Ibid.

[328] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 559.

[329] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 561.

[330] Wilson.

[331] Ibid.

[332] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 561.

[333] Ibid. pp. 562, 563.

[334] Ibid. p. 566.

[335] Wilson.

[336] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. p. 567.

[337] Wilson.

[338] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i. pp. 570-571.

[339] Wilson.

[340] _Scott's Last Expedition_, vol. i