THE JOURNAL OF JOHN BALLENY. 845 
at the Hydrographic Office, it will be seen that this voyage exactly fills 
up the gap of about 80 degrees of longitude within the parallel of 60°, 
which, on a former occasion, we pointed out as hitherto not sailed over 
by any navigator.* About 5 degrees of this navigation was within the 
polar circle. It were needless to recapitulate here the several voyages 
which, combined, have effected the circumnavigation of the globe within 
the parallel of 60°, as a glance at the above-mentioned chart, showing 
even the track of this voyage, will illustrate it far better than any 
description ; and to that, then, we may refer all those who take an 
interest in the subject. 
It would be impossible to close the simple but apparently faithful 
narrative of this voyage without adverting to the progress made in dis- 
covery in the Southern Seas through the spirited exertions of Mr. Charles 
Enderby, and other British merchants, so honourable to the commercial 
enterprise of our country. Graham Land, Enderby Land, Kemp Land, 
and now the Balleny Isles, are all discoveries made by the ships belonging 
to this disinterested and praiseworthy owner. The results of this voyage 
must tend to keep alive the supposition of the existence of either a great 
southern land or a vast mass of islands, whose northern limits would 
seem to range between the 67th and 69th parallels, a part of which we 
trust, ere long, tu see laid down in our charts, and not improbably 
rendered subservient to the interests of science, if not to the prosperity 
of our fisheries. Still less can we refrain from adverting to the expedi- 
tion of the Erebus and Terror, commanded by Captain James Ross, which 
has recently left our shores, liberally fitted out by Her Majesty’s govern- 
ment in the most complete manner, for scientific purposes, of any ships 
that ever sailed from Europe; and it is gratifying to know that the 
voyage of the Eliza Scott cannot but prove useful towards the success 
of the greater expedition, inasmuch as the Balleny Isles are situated 
exactly on the eastern verge of the circle traced by Captain James Ross 
on his chart, as the limit within which he hoped to find the southern 
magnetic pole; and thus their discovery will almost insure him a spot 
for planting his instruments at one of the places most desirable for 
making observations on magnetic dip, variation, and intensity. 
And, although this latter expedition is mainly fitted out with the 
object of deciding the great problem of terrestrial magnetism in the 
southern hemisphere, and that its attention will be chiefly directed to 
this branch of physical geography, we cannot but hope that it may also 
do much in the cause of Antarctic discovery, and conclude with the 
earnest wish that the well-known zeal and ability of the gallant com- 
mander may be crowned with success, and that he may safely return 
to his country and his friends to receive the well-merited reward of his 
toils in the applause and esteem of all civilised nations. 
* Letter to the President of the Royal Geographical Society on Antarctic Discovery, 
1836, p. 12. 
