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large cluster of the ascidia pedunculata, with innumerable 

 small animals attached, and involved in its base. This 

 cluster of animals had much the appearance, at first sight, 

 of beautiful scarlet fruit hanging by their stalks. 



By an observation taken this day, the clearness of the atmosphere 

 atfording an opportunity, the latitude of the ship was found to be 

 73° 11' N., corresponding nearly with the northern extremity of 

 Berry's Island, which lies westward of the bay above-mentioned : the 

 latest observation of the thermometer, this day, is standard of atmo- 

 spheric heat for the nine hours subsequent to meridian time : a breeze 

 from N.E. rather freshens, and is likely to be constant : larus maximus 

 on wing : a pair of monodon monoceros, and afterwards a large herd 

 of delphinus leucas, accompanied by their young, of which another 

 group came from the ice, now descending rapidly from the northward : 

 some whales seen : ship proceeding to the northward, in company with 

 thirty-four others. At a distance of about eight leagues from land, 

 after leaving the bay above-mentioned, the northern extremity of the 

 bay showed many islands scattered in the horizon, and ending, on their 

 southernmost extremity, in a bluff head, Ijeneath which lay a low 

 island : north of this, the land rose somewhat even and low, with an 

 elevated subconical mountain in the middle of the line observed. 



June 29 : ther. 32°, 34°, 33° : wind N., light airs : atmosphere 

 alternately clear and clouded with cirrostratous haze: some faint 

 instances of linear ciiTus pointing E. and W. : extremely minute 

 acicular snow is at times observable : about eight p. m. the wind 

 .shifted towards E., but northing a little : previously the atmosphere 



