Lot Essay
'Vaida had the dubious reputation of having bitten everyone in the party. However, he took a liking to Scott, who wrote: "Vaida was especially distinguished for his savage temper and generally uncouth manners... He became a bad wreck with his poor coat at Hut Point, and in this condition I used to massage him; at first the operation was mistrusted and only continued to the accompaniment of much growling, but later he evidently grew to like the effect and sidled up to me whenever I came out of the hut, though still with some suspicion. On returning here (Hut Point) he seemed to know me at once, and now comes and buries his head in my legs whenever I go out of doors; he allows me to rub him and push him about without the slightest protest and scampers about me as I walk abroad. He is a strange beast -- I imagine so unused to kindness that it took him time to appreciate it".' (A. Raeside, Return to Antarctica, Ontario, 2009, p.190)