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these reports, and from a paper of Mr. Towson upon the 

 subject, published by the Board of Trade, Mr. Croll makes 

 the following collection of facts concerning them, premising 

 that, " with one or two exceptions, the heights of the bergs 

 were accurately determined by angular measurement " : 



September 10, 1856. — The Lightning when in latitude 55° 

 33' south, longitude 140° west, met with an iceberg 420 feet 

 high. 



November, 1839.— In latitude 41° south, longitude 87° 30' 

 east, numerous icebergs '400 feet high were met with. 



September, 1840. — In latitude 37° south, longitude 15° 

 east, an iceberg 1,000 feet long and 400 feet high was met 

 with. 



February, 1860. — Captain Clark, of the Lightning, when 

 in latitude 55° 20' south, longitude 122° 45' west, found an 

 iceberg 500 feet high and three miles long. 



December 1, 1859. — An iceberg, 580 feet high, and from 

 two and a half to three miles long, was seen by Captain Smith- 

 ers, of the Edmond, in latitude 50° 52' south, longitude 43° 58' 

 west. So strongly did this iceberg resemble land that Captain 

 Smithers believed it to be an island, and reported it as such, 

 but there is little or no doubt that it was in reality an iceberg. 

 There were pieces of drift-ice under its lee. 



November, 1856. — Three large icebergs, 500 feet high, 

 were found in latitude 41° 0' south, longitude 42° 0' east. 



January, 1861. — Five icebergs, one 500 feet high, were met 

 with in latitude 55° 46' south, longitude 155° 56' west. 



January, 1861.— In latitude 56° 10' south, longitude 160° 

 0' west, an iceberg 500 feet high and half a mile long was 

 found. 



January, 1867. — The bark Scout, from the west coast of 

 America, on her way to Liverpool, passed some icebergs 600 feet 

 in height and of great length. 



April, 1864. — The Royal Standard came in collision with 

 an iceberg 600 feet in height. 



December, 1856. — Four large icebergs, one of them 700 

 feet high, and another 500 feet, were met with in latitude 50° 

 14' south, longitude 42° 54' east. 



