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moment Mounts Melbourne and Monteagle with Coulman 

 Island to the north and Mount Erebus to the south, " that is, 

 an included range of vision of 240 geographical miles." If, 

 then, there are mountains of the requisite height in the 

 required direction, we must conclude that these were the 

 mountains which Ross saw and named the Parry Mountains. 



On his map accompanying The Voyage of the "Discovery" 

 Captain Scott lays down a range of very lofty mountains 

 between the parallels of 78 and 79 S., and he specifies 

 the following peaks with their heights, viz. Mount Lister, 

 15,384 feet; Mount Hooker, 13,696 feet; Mount Rooker, 

 12,839 feet; Mount Huggins, 13,801 feet; Mount Harms- 

 worth, 9644 feet ; Mount Speyer, 8913 feet ; Mounts Dawson 

 and Lambton, 8675 feet ; and, further to the west and nearer 

 to the Barrier, Mount Discovery, 9887 feet ; Black Island, 

 3456 feet ; Brown Island, 2750 feet ; and White Island, 

 2375 feet 



White Island, Black Island, and Brown Island would be 

 distant from Ross' position between 40 and 45 miles ; Mount 

 Discovery would be distant about 50 miles ; Mount Huggins 

 about 65 miles ; and Mount Harmsworth about 95 miles ; 

 and all would bear from south-west to south-south-west. 

 There is nothing in Captain Scott's map to show that they 

 would not be visible on a clear day, so soon as the shoulder 

 of Mount Terror was open to the south-west. Therefore we 

 abide by our conviction that Ross was not mistaken when 

 he reported having seen lofty mountains to the southward, 

 reaching nearly to the 79th parallel ; and we are convinced 

 that the above-named peaks are some of those which he saw 

 and named collectively the Parry Mountains. Lieut. Armi- 

 tage, in his book, confirms this view. When navigating the 

 ship along the Barrier he saw over its edge these mountains 

 from the crow's nest ; and he says they " were evidently the 

 Parry Mountains of Sir James Ross." 



On Jan. 23, 1902, the "Discovery" started on her cruise 

 along the Barrier. On Jan. 29 Captain Scott gives his noon 

 position as lat. 78 18' S., long. 162 6' W.; and he remarks 

 that this position is an interesting one, being to the southward 



