Sept. 1859. VOYAGE HOME. 347 



miles to the south of it. The last iceberg was 

 seen to-day; and now we are running along 

 swiftly before a pleasant N.W. breeze. Hitherto 

 we have had every variety of wind and weather, 

 from a calm to a gale, but generally the wind 

 has been favourable. The change of tempera- 

 ture is already very perceptible. 



Saturday night, 11 th Sept. — A week of favour- 

 able gales has brought us from Cape Farewell 

 to within 400 miles of the Land's End, or about 

 1100 miles of distance. But such rough weather 

 is not pleasant in so small a vessel, however 

 much " like a duck " she may be ; and our two 

 years' sojourn in the still waters of the frozen 

 North has made us very susceptible of the 

 change. 



