364 FATTNA AND FLORA OF THE PALKLANDS. 



Ushant was passed on the 23rd at 4.30 p.m. and we had a 

 good view of the rocky shore between two very severe hail 

 squalls. The temperature of the sea about two miles fi'om land 

 was only 49 -6°^. and the air 40-9°F. The weather continued 

 very wild during the whole night, but the two following days 

 were fine, bright, and uneventful. 



On the morning of the 26th all but completing six months 

 since I left her shores, the dim outline of Dover Castle was seen 

 and we arrived at Tilbury Docks a little later, and the journey 

 was ended. 



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