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where her yard-arms were actually striking the face of 

 the iceberg. Scarcely had this been accomplished when 

 a second berg was seen to be quite close, but by another 

 skilful manoeuvre the ship was brought through the 

 channel between the two bergs, and under their lee, 

 where the Terror had already rounded to in safety. 

 At daybreak it appeared that the ships had safely es- 

 caped through the only opening in a chain of icebergs 

 extending right across the horizon. After this perilous 

 adventure the two vessels steered on eastwards with 

 favourable winds and without any important event, 

 passed Cape Horn on the 2nd of April, and on the 

 6th of April reached the Falkland Isles. Here they 

 cast anchor in Berkeley Sound before Port Louis, which 

 was at that time the principal settlement in the group 

 of islands. 



The rive months' stay in the Falkland Isles came 



to an end on the 8th of September. It had been 



utilised for making terrestro-magnetic observations, and 



as Ross wished to obtain further observations near Cape 



Horn, the vessels steered on this course as their first 



destination. On the 19th of September Cape Horn 



came in sight, and on the evening of that day the ships 



anchored in St. Martin's Cove, a favourable harbour 



in Hermito Island. After completing their magnetic 



labours, and marking the level of the sea, St. Martin's 



Cove was left on the 7th of November for the Falkland 



Islands, which were reached on the 13th of November, 



and a stay of a month entered upon. After the usual 



scientific observations had been made, and the mean 



level of the sea fixed by a mark, the third voyage to 



the high southern latitudes was begun on the 17th of 



December. For this voyage Ross had arranged a 



double, or rather an alternative, plan. He intended 



first to attempt a southern course on meridian 55° W., 



for he hoped in this manner to reach the probable south- 



