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to await its moderating. It cleared at noon, and we obtained an observa- 
tion, by which we found ourselves in latitude 54° 20'S., and longitude 
160° 47’ E. I found that we had been carried to the eastward upwards 
of 20 miles in less than 18 hours; this, with the wind hauling to the 
south-west, brought us to leeward of the island, and the sea and wind 
increasing, I saw it was useless to attempt to reach it without creat loss 
of time. I therefore bore off to the southward for our second rendezvous, 
Emerald Island, or its supposed locality. 
On the morning of the 8th the wind, which continued from the 
same quarter, with heavy cumulous clouds, began to moderate, and we 
were enabled to make more sail. By our observations we found a 
current setting to the south-east, of one mile an hour. Our longitude 
was 162° 13’ E., latitude 55° 38’ S.; the barometer stood at 30-00 in, 
the temperature had fallen to 38°; and this change, on account of the 
rawness of the air, was much felt by the crew. 
During the 9th we passed the site of Emerald Isle, situate, as has 
been stated, in latitude 57° 15'S., and longitude 162° 30' E., but saw 
nothing of it, nor any indications of land, which I therefore infer does 
not exist in the locality where it is laid down. We again experieneed 
the south-east current of 20 miles a day. Our variation had increased 
to 22 degrees easterly. Making our course with all sail set, the Porpoise 
in company, we passed to-day some pieces of kelp. The temperature 
continued at 38°; numerous flocks of grey petrels around us. 
The 10th we encountered the first iceberg, and the temperature of 
the water fell to 32°. We passed close to it, and found it a mile long 
and 180 feet in height. We had now reached the latitude of 61° 08'S., 
and longitude 162° 32'E. The current to-day set in the same direction 
as before, about half-a-mile per hour. The second iceberg was 30 miles, 
and the third about 55 miles south of the first. These ice-islands were 
apparently much worn by the sea into cavities, exhibiting fissures as 
though they were ready to be rent asunder, and showed an apparent 
stratification, much inclined to the horizon. The weather now became 
misty, and we had occasionally a little snow; I congratulated myself 
that we had but few on the sick list and all were in high spirits at the 
novelty of the cruise. We continued to meet icebergs of different 
heights, some of which, though inclined to the horizon, had a plane 
upper surface. 
11th. The fair wind from the north-west (accompanied with a light 
mist, rendering objects on the horizon indistinct) still enabled us to 
pursue our courses southerly. Icebergs became so numerous as to 
compel us occasionally to change our course. They continued of the 
same character, with caverns worn in their perpendicular sides, and 
with flat tops, but the latter were now on a line with the horizon. 
Towards 6 p.m. we began to perceive smaller pieces of ice, some of 
which were not more than an eighth of a mile in length, floating as it 
