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taken, and land is seen the very next day, the east coast 

 of the land already named New South Greenland by an 

 apocryphal Captain Johnson, in a part across which 

 James Clark Ross sailed without obstacle twenty years 

 later. They land and explore for some distance ; one point 

 of the coast lies about latitude 6j° 52' S. and longitude 

 48 11' W., the northern extremity is said to be in lati- 

 tude 64° 41' S. and longitude 47° 21' W., again a position 

 unfortunately that Powell had already sailed over as early 

 as 1821. 



It is not necessary to dwell upon these travellers' 

 tales — the parts instanced are amply sufficient to prove 

 Morrell's lack of veracity ; moreover, it would seem that 

 the account of his travels published in New York in 

 1832 was withdrawn soon after Biscoe s discoveries were 

 made known — at all events the book is very rarely met 

 with. The account of Bouvet Island seems to have 

 been appropriated from an account by Captain Norris, of 

 whom mention has already been made. Captain Norris, 

 with two ships, while in Messrs. Enderby's service, had 

 found an island under latitude 54 15' S. and longitude 

 5 E. on the 10th of December, 1825, and this he called 

 Liverpool Island. On the 13th of December he came 

 upon another island, named by him Thompson Island, 

 forty-five nautical miles to the north-east of the island 

 previously seen, and upon this he found it possible to 

 land. Both islands turned out to be of exclusively 

 volcanic origin. 



From this excursion into the realm of plausible fable 

 we return to the sober narrative of Antarctic discovery. 

 An interval of several uneventful years followed upon 

 Biscoe's important and fruitful voyage, during which there 

 is no noticeable achievement to record in the annals of 

 Antarctic exploration. Not till the year 1838 did the 

 meritorious firm of Messrs. Enderby again send out one 

 of their most distinguished captains to explore such por- 



