| Show FOOD SUPPLY EXHAUSTED LONG BEFORE DEATH GAME CAME only a small quantity of tea found when bodies of captain scott and companions were recovered london A dispatch to the dally daily mall from christchurch Christ church N Z says that full details of scotts return journey will reveals reveal a still belll more glorious page of history when they are published than the brief official narrative it Is stated says saya the miah that lieutenant evans was assisted bj b hla his comrades from the polo pole until hla his death and that every ounce of food was exhausted long before death came cama to td 1 84 scotts otts party only a small quantity of tea was found with the bodies which were discovered in the following positions scott sitting with his back to the tent pole polo between ills his head and the tent pole ho he had placed his bla diary as a support to his head bead dr wilson and lieutenant dolors were lying in their sleeping bags possibly an expedition will be sent for the bodies next summer A memorial to scott wilson and bowers was waa erected on observation hill it was constructed of jarrah wood and will last for ages I 1 Af members embers of the expedition indicate the possibility of disappointment at amundsen forestalling them took tho the stiffening out of scotts party for the return journey while descending beardmore Beard glacier tho the route was found to be terribly rough and many obstructions ten to twelve feet high had bad to be climbed which resulted in the explorers ba being ng badly bruised or strained the members of lieutenant campbells northern party are in magnificent magniri cent health considering the terrible privations they underwent in an igloo where they led a primitive existence for six and one half months they had a regular physical drill their only literature was david copperfield of which one chapter was read aloud dally daily |
