RASCALLY PROVIDING ALLEGED.

Southland Times, Issue 19005, 26 March 1903, Page 2

RASCALLY P ROVIDING ALLEGED.

/SCURVY FRQiI BAl) FC^fr ..' Though the officers aiid men :of the Morn'ing are extremely reticent on the sabjec*and no men'vvoa ', is .made iii the official re« porteof either i Cblbeckj^i*. w uD^erstood/ that .the Diecovery's men have: had ,a" trying ytime, hot only due to tht. iuoidental privafcipna .n---win ed, but to a failure of a portion of the .. food fiippl ies, some of wWh appear to have been of a not at all desirftble quality. As a \ result; the Üble hftd ttt be supplemented by i seal flesh, skua gulls, penguins and -other,, edible life/ which was fortunately plentiful. An unfoftunate result was ao outbreak of sourvy. The foody for the dogs was also far , f rom .satisfactory and this, cbujoii^iwUh;^ tfork, resuttecl in prMticall^'Tite -virhpte tho animals being lost. 7 It ia stated 7 that ■-, the food which caused, the trouble^* was Npr- 7 wegian tinned fish. Thank _ to the y sit7 6_ the Morning the crew of the fiiscoyery iS now in n position to comfor|»bly face the winter. The Morning b- ought back ten of tbe Discovery men, leavingnone but -Royal Navy men to man the exploring vessel./