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apparatus to swing so violently as to strike the 

 beam to which it is suspended. 



15th. In latitude 20° 36' S., longitude 25° 8' W. ; 

 wind east, calm. Ice nearly finished. With no 

 better breeze than at present, the Ova must of 

 necessity die. 



16th. No change in weather. Have taken from 

 the chamber the last three blocks of ice, which 

 cannot last many hours, — 10 p.m. 



nth. Latitude 22° 19' S., longitude 25° 55' W. 

 Have been allowing the temperature of the water 

 to rise a little by degrees ; but all to no purpose. 

 Ice all melted about 12.30 a.m., and the whole of 

 the Ova died at 1 a.m., at a temperature of 59°, 

 with the exception of those that had been taken from 

 the moss, which lived eight hours longer, at a 

 temperature of 65° (9 a.m.) ; being 74 days from 

 London, and 88 days from the time of their being 

 taken from the parent fish. 



I can only add, on looking over the Journal, my 

 extreme astonishment at the Ova surviving so long 

 under such tremendous disadvantages. 



It is useless to mention the gimbal apparatus, 

 which was a failure from the beginning. 



On the other hand, the value of the suspended 

 apparatus, in which my only hope was placed, was 



