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south polar chart, which has been universally copied 

 [St icier s Hand Atias, No. 7). 



The next coast line sighted by Wilkes was in 66° 20' 

 S. and 1 54° 30' E., when he beheld land both in the 

 S.S.E. and in the S.W. The former sicditino- ofland was 

 entered in the English Admiralty chart as Eld's Peak and 

 Reynold's Peak, but according to the above theory in- 



Cape Hudson, as seen from U.S.S. Peacock on igth January, 1840 (after Wilkes). 



correctly, as these elevations must lie farther east. The 

 cape projecting farther west, approached comparatively 

 near by the Peacock, was seen much more distinctly, 

 and was named by Wilkes " Cape Hudson " in honour of 

 the captain of the Peacock. Some descriptions of it 

 from various distances may enable us to form some notion 

 of this cape. Like the land previously seen, it consists 



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Cape Hudson, as seen from U.S.S. Peacock on igth January, 1840 (after Wilkes). 



along its whole extent of two parallel chains successively 

 rising like an amphitheatre ; they are wholly covered with 

 snow, and attain a height of about 3,000 feet. Since land 

 was also seen in the south, it does not seem improbable 

 that it encircles the deep bay towards the east, and is 

 connected with the elevations seen in the same direction. 

 On the other side Cape Hudson is joined by the broad 

 Peacock Bay, at the back of which land was distinctly seen 



