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SPORTING ADVENTURES 



Leaving this inhospitable place at daylight, 

 we entered the channel, threading our way 

 between lovely islets; and passing Welcome 

 Bay we reached Columbine Cove the same 



A GLACIER IN SMYTH'S CHANNEL. 



evening. The anchorage at this place is quite 

 unsafe ; it is so limited in extent that one cannot 

 veer much cable for fear of tailing on the rocks, 

 and with a short scope one is apt to drag, .as 

 the squalls blow with great violence. During 



