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Show FOOD SUPPLY EXHAUSTED LONG BEFORE DEATH CAME Only a Small Quantity of Tea Found When Bodies of Captain Scott and Companions Were Recovered. Ixindon. A dlarwtch to the Dally Mall from Chrlstchuroh, N. Z., says that full details of Scott's return Jour-uey Jour-uey will reveal a still more glorious page of history when they are pub-1 pub-1 lulled than the brief official narrative. narra-tive. "It Is atated," says the Mall, "that Lieutenant Kvans waa assisted by his comrades from the pole until bia death and that every ounce of food waa exhausted ex-hausted long before death came to Scott's party. Only a email quantity of tea waa found with the bodies, which were discovered in the following follow-ing positions: "Scott, altting with bis back to the tentoole, I between his head and the '.entpole be had placed his diary as a support to his head. Dr. Wilson aad Lieutenant Mowers were lying In their clipping bags. "Possibly an expedition will be sent for the bodies next summer. A memorial me-morial to Scott, Wilson and Dowers was erected on Observation bill. It waa constructed of jar rah wood and will last for agea. "Members of the expedition Indicate the possibility of disappointment at Amundften forestalling them took the stiffening' yut ef Scott'a party for the return Journey. "While descending Deardmore glacier the route waa found to be terribly ter-ribly rough and many obstructions ten to twelve feet high had to be climbed, climb-ed, which resulted in the explorers being be-ing badly bruised or strained. The members of Lieutenant Campbell' northern par(y are In magnificent health considering the terrible priva-tlona priva-tlona they underwent In an Igloo, where they led a primitive existence for six and one-half months. They had a regular phyalcal drill. Their only literature was 'David Coppor-field,' Coppor-field,' of which one chapter waa read a'oud dally. |
