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this, encountering a violent storm of three days, during 

 which the two ships were parted from each other, and 

 Biscoe's vessel was driven 1 20 nautical miles to the N. N. W. 

 Nevertheless, he was a^ain successful in seeing land 

 when on meridian 49° E. longitude, though unable to 

 approach nearer than between twenty and thirty nautical 

 miles. In consequence of the very serious effects of ex- 

 posure and hardship on the health of the crew of the 

 Tu/a, the leader felt it necessary to give up all further 

 search and exploration, and to steer north for the island 

 of Tasmania, reaching Hobart Town on the 7th of May. 

 During this run two of the crew had died, and the rest 

 were in so deplorable a condition through the ravages of 

 sickness that the ship was worked by only three officers, 

 one seaman, and one cabin boy. It is remarkable that 

 Biscoe kept within the sixtieth parallel as far as longitude 

 8i° E., and did not cross parallel 55° S. until he had 

 passed meridian 11 8° E. longitude. 



Biscoe remained in Hobart Town, where the Lively 

 came in from Australia in August, till the return of the 

 southern spring made a renewal of his voyage possible. 

 He left the harbour on the 10th of October, 1831, and 

 set out to hunt seals on the coasts of New Zealand and 

 the Chatham and Bounty Islands. On the 4th of January, 

 1832, he again steered to the south-east, and very 

 soon after crossing the sixtieth parallel of latitude on 

 meridian 137 W., the usual harbingers of the Antarctic 

 regions appeared in the form of icebergs. This was on 

 the 25th of January, and six days later there were 

 already a hundred in sight. On the 12th of February, 

 in longitude 8i° 50' W., a latitude of 66° 27' S. was 

 attained, and here numerous birds were seen, as also 

 whales, while even from deck — not merely from the mast- 

 head — as many as 250 icebergs could be seen on all sides. 

 On the 1 5th of February land appeared in the far distance 

 towards E.S.E., and this, on the following day turned 



