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observations. These observations were for obtaining the exact 

 longitude. The whole Sound at this time to the north and west 

 of Inaccessible Island was open water. We had two enormous 

 drifts of nine to ten feet high leading from the door of the annexe 

 down to the sea. The latter end of July the weather broke up 

 entirely and we had a repetition of our usual blizzards for the 

 season. 



