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6f S., the coast again projects as far as 6o° 40' W., 

 and stretches in a southerly and south-westerly direction 

 beyond the horizon of the southernmost point reached 

 (latitude 68° 10' S.) far into unknown distances. 



In the west begins the portion of Graham's Land by 

 Bismarck Straits, which has been seen in about latitude 

 65 20' S., and extends from here in a south-westerly 

 direction to beyond latitude 68° S. Unfortunately, neither 

 Biscoe nor Dallmann have given any, even remotely, satis- 

 factory account about these higher latitudes ; not even 

 the latitude in which the land was seen has been indicated. 

 We only know that Biscoe saw elevated and extensive 

 land to the east of Adelaide Island, situated in about 

 latitude 67° 15' S. and longitude 68° 20' W., and that 

 he believes he has traced it as far as Palmer Land. 

 Evensen does not even inform us if, according to his 

 observation, Alexander Land, which he has seen not 

 merely from the west, like Bellingshausen, but also from 

 the north, is in direct communication with Graham's Land, 

 as one is inclined to conjecture, or if both these countries 

 are divided by a strait parallel to Bismarck Straits. The 

 tract of coast seen by Bellingshausen, and named by him 

 Alexander Land, lies in latitude 68° 43' S. and longitude 

 73° 10' W., and as it gave him the impression of a lofty 

 cape, from which the coast trends to the south-west, it 

 may well be that the other arm of the projection follows 

 an easterly direction, and might accordingly have been 

 seen from the north by Evensen as a coast line. If this 

 be really so, then it is certainly highly probable that 

 Alexander Land is a continuation of Graham's Land. 



Just as the Seal Islands lie in front of the north- 

 eastern extremity of Graham's Land, so do the Kaiser 

 Wilhelm's Islands in the west mark the entrance to 

 Bismarck Straits, albeit that their positions as well as 

 their outlines are but faintly indicated in the charts we 

 possess. The chain of Biscoe Islands, which must be 



