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entirely. After Wilkes had run past Peacock Bay, on the 

 22nd of January, without being able to enter it — three 

 days, therefore, after its discovery by Hudson — he, on 

 the 23rd of January, in latitude 67° 5' S. and longitude 

 1 47° 30' E., again saw land, and this time it lay to the 

 east and west of a deep and broad indentation made by 

 the sea ; he named this Disappointment Bay, and, con- 

 tinuing his course across it, reached latitude 67° 5' S. 

 and longitude 147° 30' W. The next few days were 



The Vincenncs in Disappointment Bay (after Wilkes). 



very stormy, and progress through the numerous ice- 

 bergs became very perilous ; moreover, the outlook was 

 obstructed by snowstorms and dense fogs, so that land 

 was not again seen till the 28th of January — the eastern 

 portion of Adelie Land, discovered seven days previously 

 by Dumont d'Urville. On the whole, Wilkes had hither- 

 to constantly sailed in company with the Porpoise, from 

 which also signs of land had been observed on the 22nd 

 of January, as well as icebergs and portions of icebergs 



