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Scott’s Last Expedition Volume I

CHAPTER IV
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In fact first and last, running through the whole extent of our outfit, I can say with some pride that there is not a single arrangement which I would have had altered.' An Emperor penguin was found on the Cape well advanced in moult, a good specimen skin.

Atkinson found cysts formed by a tapeworm in the intestines.

It seems clear that this parasite is not transferred from another host, and that its history is unlike that of any other known tapeworm--in fact, Atkinson scores a discovery in parasitology of no little importance.
The wind has turned to the north to-night and is blowing quite fresh.

I don't much like the position of the ship as the ice is breaking away all the time.

The sky is quite clear and I don't think the wind often lasts long under such conditions.
The pianola has been erected by Rennick.


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