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west with the wind at south-east, being at this time 

 in the latitude of 61 9' S., longitude 116 7' 

 W. At ten o'clock in the evening, it fell calm, 

 which continued till two the next morning, when a 

 breeze sprung up at north, which soon after increased 

 to a fresh gale and fixed at N. E. With this we 

 steered south till noon, on the 20th, when, being 

 now in the latitude of 62 34/ S., longitude 116 24/ 

 W., we were again becalmed. 



In this situation we had two ice islands in sight, 

 one of which seemed to be as large as any we had seen. 

 It could not be less than two hundred feet in height, 

 and terminated in a peak not unlike the cupola of St. 

 Paul's church. At this time, we had a great westerly 

 swell, which made it improbable that any land should 

 lie between us and the meridian of 133^-, which w r as 

 our longitude under the latitude we were now in, 

 when we stood to the north. In all this route, we 

 had not seen the least thing that could induce us to 

 think we w T ere ever in the neighbourhood of any land. 

 We had, indeed, frequently seen pieces of sea-weed ; 

 but this, I am well assured, is no sign of the vicinity 

 of land ; for weed is seen in every part of the ocean. 

 After a few hours' calm, we got a wind from S. E., 

 but it was very unsettled, and attended with thick 

 snow showers ; at length it fixed at S. by E., and we 

 stretched to the east. The wind blew fresh, was 

 piercing cold, and attended with snow and sleet. 



On the 22d, being in the latitude of 62 5' S., 

 longitude 112 24/ W., we saw an ice-island, an 

 antartic peterel, several blue peterels, and some other 

 known birds ; but no one thing that gave us the least 

 hopes of finding land. 



On the 23d, at noon, we were in the latitude of 

 62 22' S., longitude 110 24/. In the afternoon, we 

 passed an ice-island. The wind, which blew fresh, 

 continued to veer to the west ; and at eight o'clock 

 the next morning, it was to the north of west, when 

 I steered S. by W. and S. S. W, At this time we were 



