406 NEW LAND. 



we had had to contend against, both as regards weather and the 

 condition of the snow, we came to the conclusion that we might 

 congratulate each other on the results we had obtained. We 

 thought we had done well to get as far as we had, and that there 

 were others, perhaps, who would have turned back earlier. 



It was impossible to get any observation for longitude, for, 

 later in the afternoon, a southerly breeze sprang up, the sky 

 became overcast, and the same weather continued until morning. 



