VOYAGE OUTWARD. .^f) 



very forward, and forms a common wing to two fine ad- 

 jacent bays. The land northward of this Cape is not 

 nearly so elevated as that above-mentioned. 



On the 6th of May we passed Reef KoU (Plate I. Fig. 3) 

 at one p. m. The latitude of this island seems not to be ac- 



April 20 : ther. 10°, 8i°, 11°, 9° : wind N.N.E. to N.N.W., fresh 

 gale, varying every instant, abated to fresh breeze : sky overcast con- 

 tinually with snow cloud : the ocean spray, as it rises, congealed into icy 

 mist : no effect of freezing on nitrous, muriatic, or sulphuric acid, or 

 on rum : the heats of atmosphere this day extraordinary at intervals 

 during the gale. 



April 21: ther. 10°, 12°, 9°. 11°: wind N. by E., light breeze, 

 westing towards evening, and neaily calm : cirrostratus illuminated by 

 sun-light : the ice blink in the horizon indicates the presence of ice 

 leagues in extent : a seal, killed this day on a piece of ice, was there 

 flayed by the sailors, body left behind : larus eburneus in numbers, 

 and a few of procellaria gulosa. 



April 22 : ther. 16°, 21°, 20° : wind variable from N : overcast with 

 cirrostratus : sea level as a lake : ice blink : temperature of air much 

 increased : mild, with cirrostratus variously illuminated, having a rich 

 yeUow lustre where it meets the reflected hght from the ice : vast 

 numbers of larus eburneus, and P. glacialis following the ship : a pair 

 of the phoca Groenlandica killed : moon for the first time seen since 

 the change, and surrounded by a broad, somewhat ovate corona. 



April 23 : ther. 21°, 26°, 29° : wind N. E., fresh breeze : cumulus 

 in long train, with bases pointing southward : ciiTostratus in distance 



