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exploring this in the interests of the undertaking. 

 On the 10th of September we therefore weighed anchor 

 at one p.m., and steered southwards with a moderate 

 north breeze. A field lay between Walrus and Sabine 

 Island ; but close under the latter, we found in four 

 fathoms of water a small passage to the south. We 

 could no longer sail round Walrus Island, which lay to 

 the east. 



At six p.m. we found ourselves over against a creek, at 

 the egress of a valley, through which ran a stream from 

 the glaciers, which we called " Konigin- Augusta Thai." ^ 

 As this creek was very shallow, we called it " Flache Bay." 

 We dropped anchor here, as southwards so much ice was 

 pushed close to the coast that it was impossible to sail 

 round Cape Borlase Warren. The glacier stream had 

 accumulated such an amount of rubbish, that even at the 

 mouth with a boa^t one could not land, and at low water 

 the greater part of the bay was dry. Only under the 

 steep mountains to the south could we land at all. 



The night was fine and star-light, the temperature 

 29.5° Fahr. The astronomers availed themselves of this 

 opportunity to determine the exact Polar latitude with 

 the sextant, which gave the lat. at 74° 24' 3". The 

 next morning First Lieutenant Payer and Dr. Copeland 

 climbed the " Sattelberg," more than 3700 feet high, one 

 of the loftiest peaks of this peninsula. Payer reported 

 the following : — 



" Our intention of inspecting the interior of ' Gael 



Hamkes Bay,' and the branches of the Fjord to westward, 



had led us towards Flache Bay. From thence a two-hours' 



boat journey to Cape Borlase Warren convinced us that it 



^ I. e. Queen Augusta Valley. (Ti.) 



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