Show FOOD SUPPLY EXHAUSTED LONG BEFORE DEFORE DEATH GAME CAME Only a Small Quantity of Tea Found When Bodies of Captain Scott and Companions Were Recovered London A A dispatch to the Daily Dally Mall Mail from Christchurch N. N Z says that full details of Scotts Scott's return Journey journey jour our our- ney will reveal a still more glorious page of ot history when they are published published pub pub- than the brief official narrative narra narra- tive It is stated says the that Lieutenant Evans was assisted by hi his comrades from the pole until his death and that every ounce of food was exhausted exhausted exhausted ex ex- ex- ex hausted long before death came to Scotts Scott's party Only a small quantity of tea was found with the bodies which were discovered in the following following following follow follow- ing positions Scott sitting with his back to the Between his head and the he had placed his diary as a support to his head Dr Wilson and Lieutenant Bowers were lying in their sleeping bags I Possibly an expedition will be sent for tor the bodies next s summer A me me- to Scott Wilson and Bowers I was erected on Observation hill It was constructed of jarrah wood and will last for ages Members of the expedition indicate the possibility of disappointment at Amundsen forestalling them took the stiffening out of Scotts Scott's party for the return journey While descending Beardmore glacier the route was found to be terribly terribly terribly ter ter- rough and many obstructions ten to twelve feet high had to be climbed climb climb- ed which resulted in the explorers being being be be- ing lug badly bruised or strained The members of Lieutenant Campbells Campbell's northern party are in magnificent health considering tho terrible privations privations priva priva- they underwent in an igloo where they led a primitive existence for six and one-half one months They had a r regular gular physical drill Their only literature was David Copperfield Copperfield Copperfield Copper- Copper field of or which one chapter was read aloud daily dany |