TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS. pty 
Monday, 14th.— Wepassed a considerable quantity 
of sea-weed to-day, some of which was picked up, 
and found to be the common kind of sea-wrack (Fucus 
vesiculasus ) so abundant on our own coasts ; we passed 
also in the afternoon a piece of pine-wood about six 
feet long, which appeared to have been for a consi- 
derable time in the water. | 
Tuesday, 15th. — We were favoured this forenoon 
with a fine breeze from the southward and eastward, 
and, in order to take advantage of it as much as 
possible, the Griper was taken in tow. About noon 
we saw land at a very great distance, bearing N. E. 
by E. by compass, or about north true: Cape Fare- 
well being the nearest land to us in this direction, 
there could be no doubt of this being it. If we take 
then the situation in which that Cape is laid down in 
the Requisite Tables, which I think is one ofthe best 
authorities we can refer to, and compare it with our 
situation to-day at noon, it will appear that the land 
seen to-day must have been one hundred and thirty- 
three miles from us, even of difference of latitude 
alone ; for according to these Tables (third edition) 
Cape Farewell is in lat. 59° 38’ N. and longitude 
42° 42’ W., and we were at noon by account in lat. 
57° 25° 44” N.* and longitude by mean of the 
chronometer 42° 43’ 42” W. As an additional 
proof that the land seen to-day must have been very 
distant, we crossed the meridian we were on at 
noon to-day, on our way home last year, in latitude 
58° 50’ N., and saw no land at that time to the 
northward of us. 
* It may be presumed that although our latitude to-day is only 
by account it cannot be much out, for we were by meridian alti- 
tude (of the sun) yesterday, in latitude 57° 36’ 43” N. 
