PICTURES, PONIES, AND THE POLE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13921, 27 March 1909, Page 5

PICTURES, PONIES, AND THE POLE.

Dr. Marsfiall, -medical officer of the expedition and the kinematographer, was found by a press- reporter busy manipulating the kinematograph machine for taking pictures of the *toterestmg incidents of the Nimrod's Arrival. Regarding the health of the . members of the expedition Dr. Marshall (according to The Dominion) said that.thei;e had. been no scurvy, .and •that the provisioning had been excellent. The ten, sheep taken from. New Zealand lasted till the southern party started on their expedition. The members, of the party suffered badly from dysentery, caused by eating pony meat, and, at times, that party were brought down to a pannikin of meat, and from three to four biscuits a day. The plas'mon biscuits and cocoa were found of tremendous value, and so also was the concentrated food.