328 THE ANTARCTIC MANUAL. 
44° 36'S., longitude by chronometer, No. 2, 144° 12' 30" E. At 5pm. 
hove to, and at daylight of the 7th saw land bearing from N. to N.W., 
p-m. Light airs from N.N.W., with long westerly swell. At 5 the 
extremes of the land bore from N.? W. to north-west by W. + W., which 
by cross bearings gave the entrance into Storm Bay, N.N.W. about 30 
tailes. By ditto, ditto, Rurick’s Rock, §.W. about 10 miles. The people 
continue much in the same state for some days past. The wind con- 
tinued from the north-west with a heavy swell, blowing only at 
intervals and then falling calm, which made it utterly impossible to 
near the land, the swell and current at the same time carrying us away 
to the S.E., and at 8 p.m. on the 8th we had drifted at least 20 miles in 
a §.E. direction; under the conviction that should we be blown away 
from this land it was hardly possible for us under the present circum- 
stances to reach any other, I endeavoured all in my power to keep up the 
spirits of those on board, and often had a smile on my face with a very 
different feeling within. 
May 9.—On the 9th, in the morning, the wind came round to the 
§.E. and gradually increased; the form of the land clearly showed 
Storm Bay open, but the headJands had nearly sunk below the horizon. 
At 6 p.m. we were within Tasman Head, and as I expected the wind 
would die away on approaching the bay, I ran in without fear, but 
about this time it came on to blow and rain very hard. The sea got up 
almost instantaneously, and as the night came on very dark, and being 
an entire stranger without any directions for entering the port, and 
having no other guide than a plan of the bay by chance I found among 
the other charts. Although my situation was so precarious, I should 
have been most happy had I been 30 miles further at sea. However, by 
excessive hard work, veering round when I saw land or the glimpse of 
land on either side, at daybreak I found myself in a very good situation 
for running in for the mouth of the Derwent. 
May 10.—Although it was still very thick, and on entering the 
river I saw a flagstaff and made a signal of distress, but received 
neither pilot nor assistance till within three or four cables’ lengths of 
the ships at anchor in Sullivan’s Cove, when the pilot came on board, 
and almost immediately after the Lively (Captain Weddell) cutter with 
eight or ten hands, and moored the vessel. 
The moment the proper authority had been on board I went ashore, 
and having no agent here, I applied to Mr. James Grant, who is agent 
for Lloyds, as the most proper person I could apply to. 
However, he declined doing anything personally, but introduced 
me to Mr. Anthony Fern Kemp, who on being informed of the circum- 
stances of the voyage and the owners, immediately consented to under- 
take the agency of the vessel, and took immediate measures for getting 
the people into the hospital, and by 4 o’clock p.m. [ had the pleasure 
of seeing them all safely admitted and taken care of. 
