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loomed out of the mist, and there seemed to be a passage between them. 
We followed the coast very closely, and soon found ourselves in a bay, 
on leaving which we admired a very fine cape which rose in two lofty 
FIG. 11.—oNE OF THE NEEDLES FORMING THE NORTHERN EXTREMITY OF 
GRAHAM LAND (DISCOVERED BY BISCOE). 
needles (Fig. 11). It was the most westerly promontory of this part 
of Graham Land, for the coast changed its direction here and turned 
towards the south-south-west. We rounded this point, and left for the 
time the strait which connects Hughes gulf and the Pacific. 
