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bay on the east coast of Coronation Island somewhat south of Spence's Harbour; and 

 here the ' Gronland ' lay comfortably at anchor for two days while her boats examined 

 both sides of the strait for seals with moderate success. 



On the afternoon of the 6th Dallmann stood out of Lewthwaite Strait and proceeded 

 westward along the south coast of Coronation Island meeting with exceptionally severe 

 weather in which he lost two of his boats with all their gear. He reached the western end 

 of the island on the gth and on the following day landed on "Return Island"^ where 

 some fur and Weddell seals were found, all apparently being killed. He finally left the 

 South Orkneys on February 1 1 . 



The next visitor to the South Orkneys was the American sealer, Captain Thomas 

 B. Lynch, in the schooner 'Express'. According to Balch^ Lynch went to the South 

 Orkneys some time in 1880 in order to search for a missing ship called the 'Charles 

 Shearer', which, under Captain James Appleman, of Mystic, Connecticut, had sailed 

 from Stonington for the South Shetlands the year before but had not been heard of 

 again. 



In the spring of 1892 the Norwegian whaler C. A. Larsen^ called at the South Orkneys 

 while outward bound in the 'Jason' on his first southern voyage, arriving off the north 

 coast of Laurie Island on November 16. The following day he landed on a part of the 

 coast, which, although he does not state the exact locality, appears to have been either 

 Brown or Macdougal Bay (Fig. 8). As they approached the shore his boats ran great 

 risk of being swamped by calving icebergs which lay thickly across their path, forming 

 long narrow passages through which they had to pass, and in consequence Larsen 

 called for volunteers rather than order his men into a situation so full of danger. 



From Laurie Island the 'Jason ' sailed westwards, arriving at Palmer's Bay which was 

 found to be clear of ice on the 21st, and at Foul Point in the last week of November. 

 From there she evidently rounded the north-western corner of Coronation Island and 

 proceeded on her way to Trinity Land which she sighted on December 2. 



At his landing-place on Laurie Island Larsen observed vast numbers of penguins 

 (evidently ringed penguins) and one pecuHar individual which he called the "Queen 

 Penguin" — possibly a macaroni or a gentoo. Of seals he records crab-eater, Weddell 

 and leopard, but no fur or elephant. 



Humpback whales were seen in great numbers and some Bottlenoses, but not a single 

 Right whale; nor are Blue or Fin whales mentioned, but Larsen 's "hvaler" would no 

 doubt include these. 



UNRECORDED VOYAGES 



C. A. Larsen is the last of these few nineteenth-century voyagers to the South Orkneys 

 of whom there is definite knowledge. It has already been suggested, however, that the 

 group may have been visited by certain sealers who have left no record of their move- 



1 There is no Return Island : Dallmann must mean the Larsen Islands west of Sandefjord Bay (see Fig. 9). 



2 Balch, E. S., 1904, Antarctica Addenda, Journ. Franklin Inst., CLVII, pp. 83-4 (Philadelphia). 



3 I am indebted for details of Larsen 's visit to the South Orkneys to Mr Bjarne Aagaard, who sent me all 

 the information that could be verified in Norway regarding this visit. 



