so VOYAGE OUTWARD. 



mimicking the forms of land. In the intervals of snow, 

 the dark rock put forth its wrinkled brow, the dip of 

 fissure appearing about fifteen degrees. The mountains in 

 the distance exhibited high sharp peaks, and to the eye of 

 a stranger they appear the most dismal and chilling sight 



March 23 : ther. 36° throughout: wind W.N. W., strong breeze; 

 wind of this day was indicated by the cin'us of the 21st : vaiious 

 bodies of cin-ostratus, discharging sleet and hail at times : sea continues 

 running very high from the W.N.W. 



JNlarch 24 : ther. 36°, 34°, 28° : Wind W.N.W., hard gale : broken 

 nimbus, discharging snow and sleet with great violence : sea very 

 high : numerous gulls seen : observed the larus canus, marinus, 

 fuscus, in great numbers, also ridibundus and cataractes : towards 

 evening more moderate : sky milky blue. 



March 25 : ther. 38°, 35°, 30° : wind N.W., fresh breeze : cuto- 

 stratus overcast : showers of evanescent snow : moon appearing in a 

 double halo ; the inner cu-cle deep yellow ; tlie outer, with the iris 

 rings, very distinct. 



March 26 : tlier. 34°, 36°, 35° : wind N. by E., strong breeze : 

 weather fine : cumulostratus and cumulus near the horizon : an im- 

 mense pUe of cumulostratus occupying all the W. and S.W. region : 

 afternoon, a sudden and violent gale blew from that quarter during 

 three hours, attended with sleet : procellaria glacialis. 



At half past nine p. m., the polar coruscation (aurora borealis) was 

 very vivid ; the crown forming a portion of a circle in the zenith, 

 curving from N.W. to S.E. ; the brightest emanation running to the 

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