"92 DISCO SIGHTED. . Chap. V. 



tached itself, and the fore part of the vessel 

 sprang up ; she still remains frozen and held 

 down abaft. The snow-banking looks very 

 woe-begone after this ice-quake; it inclines out 

 from the ship, and in many places has been 

 prostrated by the shock. 



Early on the morning of the 7th the high 

 land of Disco was seen ; its distance was upwards 

 of 90 miles. 



