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to its original position, with its snout resting on the floe. The 
men amused themselves by pelting it with little bits of coal and 
other missiles, of which it appeared to be entirely unconscious. 
The grooves on their throats were plainly seen, quite clearly 
enough to count accurately; and sometimes even their mous- 
taches could be distinctly made out, as also the white band on the 
flipper. 
Fortunately (or unfortunately) the whale gun was out of 
action, and so there was no necessity to try and procure a speci- 
Weck 4 men for biological purposes. Whales kept close to 
rorr, 67° rr the ship till noon on the 4th, when, the pack having 
S., 160° 47 eased up, steam was again put on the engines and she 
a was able to make appreciable way. 
The ship passed only some ten miles west of Young Island 
ee (one of the Balleny Group), but although it was a 
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rorr, 66° 37°. Sunny day all the Balleny Islands were covered in 
S., 161° 42’ clouds, and no useful bearings could be taken. 
a“ At last, on March 8, when in 64° 23’S., 161° 
39’ E., she cleared the last of the pack, and in half an hour sooty 
albatross were round the ship, a sure sign that no pack was north 
of her. 
The next fortnight was a struggle for the ship to keep to 
windward, the wind obstinately holding to the north side of 
west and generally blowing hard. Although so light, she was 
much stiffer than expected. 
To the seaman of the present day used to iron ships it is 
a never-failing source of surprise and delight to see a wooden 
ship in a heavy sea. How nicely she rides the waves, like a living 
being, instead of behaving like a half-submerged rock. 
The albatross and other deep-sea birds were a great pleas- 
ure; while south of Lat. 60° the pretty Hour-glass dolphin (first 
noticed by Dr. Wilson in the Discovery) was often round the 
ship. 
On the 22nd, when ninety miles south of the Macquarie 
Islands, the long hoped for fair wind came at last and held till 
March 22, We made Stewart Island. On the 23rd steam was 
rorr, 56° 9’ again raised. 
S., 159° 15° The pumps had been a nuisance throughout, and 
oe during a gale on the 24th the trouble came to a head: 
the ship was heeling between 40 and 45 degrees and jumping 
