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three of the Jirainse. But as these diniensious 

 are exclusive of any osseous covering to 

 the enamel, it may safely be pronounced to 

 have belonged to one of the largest Mam- 

 moths of which remains have yet been found . 

 No appearance of any portion of the bone 

 of the tooth is to be seen, but its place is 

 supplied by a very fine white earthy sub- 

 stance, chiefly carbonate of lime, which is 

 possibly derived from the decomposition of 

 the bone ; the enamel appears fresh and 

 little altered, is hard and not easily fran- 

 gible." 



Mr. Edward Bransfield, Master 

 of his Majesty's ship Andromache, 

 lately made a voyage to New Soiitit 

 Shtrtland, and has published the fol- 

 low! ii£f parlicuhiis : 



" We saileil (says he) from Valparaiso on 

 the 20th of December, 1819, but did nof ar- 

 rive on cruising ground till the 16th of Jan. 

 1820, having been almost constantly ha- 

 rassed With baffling winds till we arrived 

 in a high soutliern latitude. On that day, 

 however, we had the good fortune to dis- 

 cover the land to the south-eastward, ex- 

 tending on both bows as far as the eye 

 could reach. At a distance, its limits could 

 scarcely be distinguished from the light 

 white clouds which floated on the tops of 

 the mountains. Upon a uearer approach, 

 however, every object became distinct. Tiie 

 whole line of coast appeared high, bold, and 

 rugged ; rising abruptly from the sea, in 

 perpendicular snowy cliiis, except here and 

 there wheie the naked face of a barren 

 black rock shewed itself amongst them. In 

 the interior, the land, or rather the snow, 

 sloped gradually and gently upwards into 

 high hills, which appeared to be situated 

 some miles from the sea. No attempt was 

 made to land here, as the weather became 

 rather threatening, an^ a den^e fog came 



on, which soon shut up every thftig"iWjln 

 our view at more than a hundred yards 

 distance. A boat had been sent away in 

 the meantime to try for anchorage ; but 

 they found the coast completely surrounded 

 by dangerous sunken rocks, and the bottom 

 so foul, and the water so deep, that it wa» 

 not thought prudent to go nearer the shote 

 in the brig, especiall}' as it was e^cposed to 

 almost every wind. Tl;e boat brought off 

 some seals and penguins which had been 

 shot among the rocks ; but they reported 

 them to be the only animated objects they 

 had discovered. The latitude of this part 

 of the coast was found to be 62" 26' S. and 

 its longitude to be 60" 45' W. 



" Three days after this we discovered 

 and anchored in an extensive bay, about 2 

 degrees further to the eastward, where we 

 were enabled to land, and examine the 

 country. AVords can scarcely be found to 

 describe its barrenness and sterility. Only 

 one small spot of land was discovered on 

 which a landing could be eflected upon the 

 Main, every other part of the biiy beiag 

 bounded by the same inaccessible, cliffs 

 which we had met with before. We lauded 

 on a sljingle fceach, on which there was a 

 heavy surf beating, and from which a small 

 stream of fresh water ran into the sea. No- 

 thing was to be seen but the rugged surlace 

 of barren rocks, upon which myriads of 

 sea-fowls had laid their eggs, and which 

 they were then hatching. These birds 

 were so little accustomed to the sight of any 

 other animal, that, so far from being intimi- 

 dated by our approach, they even disputed 

 our landing, and we were obliged forcibly 

 to open a passage for ourselves thrAugh 

 them. They consisted principally of four 

 species of the penguin ; with albatrosses, , 

 gulls, pintadoes, shags, sea-swallows, and 

 a bird about the size and shnpe of the oom- 

 mou.pigeoD, and of a milk-white ptunuige, 



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