sed thee down into the Field,
He knows about it all--He knows, He knows.

On the night of February 15, Jeffryes suddenly surprised us with the
exciting intelligence that he had heard Macquarie Island send a coded
weather report to Hobart. The engine was immediately set going, but
though repeated attempts were made, no answer could be elicited. Each
night darkness was more pronounced and signals became more distinct,
until, on the 20th, our call reached Sawyer at Macquarie Island, who
immediately responded by saying "Good evening." The insulation of a
Leyden jar broke down at this point, and nothing more could be done
until it was remedied.

At last, on February 21, signals were exchanged, and by the 23rd a
message had been dispatched to Lord Denman, Governor-General of the
Commonwealth, acquainting him with our situation and the loss of our
comrades and, through him, one to his Majesty the King requesting his
royal permission to name a tract of newly discovered country to the
east, "King George V Land." Special messages were also sent to the
relatives of Lieutenant B. E. S. Ninnis and Dr. X. Mertz.

The first news received from the outside world was the bare statement
that Captain Scott and four of his companions had perished on their
journey to the South Pole. It was some time before we knew the tragic
details which came home, direct and poignant, to us in Adelie Land.

To Professor David a fuller account of our own calamity was sent and,
following this, many kind messages of sympathy and congratulation were
received from all over the world. On February 26 Lord Denman sent an
acknowledgment of our message to him, expressing his sorrow at the loss
of our two companions; and on March 7 his Majesty the King added his
gracious sympathy, with permission to affix the name, King George V
Land, to that part of the Antarctic continent lying between Adelie Land
and Oates Land.

On February 23 there was a spell of dead calm; heavy nimbus clouds and
fog lowering over sea and plateau. Fluffy grains of sago snow fell most
of the day, covering the dark rocks and the blue glacier. A heaving
swell came in from the north, and many seals landed within the boat
harbour, where a high tide lapped over the ice-foot. The bergs and
islands showed pale and shadowy as the snow ceased or the fog lifted.
Then the wind arose and blew hard from the east-south-east for a day,
swinging round with added force to its old quarter--south-by-east