664 THE VOYAGE OF THE JE ANNETTE. 



high ridge, to watch with Mr. Dunbar the reappear- 

 ance of the land. Upon the ridge we began to see a 

 headland working out from the fog, and bearing N. 

 84° W. (magnetic), and apparently good ice leading to 

 it. Almost calm at four. At 5.40 a. m. halted and 

 camped, having, I consider, made an advance of two 

 and a half miles west northwest since breaking camp 

 yesterday evening. 



The fog now almost uncovered the island and en- 

 abled me to determine that the land w T as one island 

 and not two, as I for some time supposed. The bear- 

 ings of its extreme points were S. 82° W. and N. 27° 

 W., both magnetic. Other bearings will appear in the 

 sketch which I have directed Mr. Collins to make. I 

 do not think it is now five miles distant, and a long, 

 low point of land, sloping to the ice, I think some- 

 what nearer. Magnificent weather, calm and cloudless, 

 save for a few streaks of cirro-stratus clouds. Suffi- 

 cient mist and fog rest over the top of the land to hide 

 whatever is in the background ; but several have said 

 they saw high rolling land back from the cliffs, which 

 are shown in the sketch. Broiling hot sun, though the 

 thermometer reads 27°. Got a Sumner, and determined 

 our position to be in latitude N. 76° 40', longitude E. 

 151° 25', a change of position since the 16th of twenty- 

 eight and a half miles to S. 88° W. Soundings, twenty 

 and a half fathoms ; rapid drift to westward. 



Piped down at nine A. m., but I remained up until 

 noon to get a meridian altitude ; latitude resulting 76° 

 39' 15". So my Sumner was very nearly exact. In 

 fact we are drawing in so rapidly upon the land all 

 the time that I dare say my Sumner is quite exact. 

 Called all hands at six p. m. ; under way at eight p. m. 

 Bright, nearly cloudless w T eather ; an appearance of 

 land to the southwest. 



