J54 SOUTHERN CRUISE. 
precaution was taken to make the ports tight, yet from their working 
it was found impossible to keep them so. 
After the gale, they found they had been set about three miles 
per hour to the southeast. Until the 3d of March they had moderate 
weather. On the morning of the 4th of March the barometer 
stood at 28-34 in. Shortly afterwards it began to rise, and a gale set 
in which blew heavily for several hours, when the weather again 
moderated, but the sea continued very high, and rendered the ship 
extremely wet. The wind varied from south by west to west-north- 
west. 
On the 7th they again had squalls of snow and rain, with strong 
gales. On the 9th, although the weather had moderated, yet the sea 
was very heavy, and the ship tossed and tumbled about in every 
direction. William Stewart, captain of the main top, was this day 
knocked off the yard, and in his fall struck the main rigging, but he 
canted and fell overboard, when he was seen to lie quite insensible, 
feet up, supported by his exploring boots, which were supposed to 
have occasioned his fall. A bowline was thrown over them, and he 
was dexterously drawn on board again. The ship had but little 
headway, and it would have been impossible to have lowered a boat, 
on account of the roughness of the sea ; his rescue was therefore 
almost miraculous. Every care was taken of him, but it was soon 
found that the violence of the concussion had been so great, that his 
lungs had become gorged with blood, and little hopes were enter- 
tained of his recovery. After lingering to the 11th he died. He 
was greatly regretted by both officers and men, for he had proved 
himself an excellent man, and was well calculated for the service. 
On the same day his body was committed to the deep, with the usual 
ceremonies. 
This day they made the first iceberg. The only indication in the 
air or water at approaching it, was a fall of two degrees in the 
temperature of the former, and one degree in the latter. Their 
position was in latitude 64° S., and longitude 80° W. 
On the 13th the weather proved fine and the sea smooth, affording 
an opportunity of making dip observations. These gave it 75°. The 
variation was 33-30° E. Their position was in latitude 64° 27' S., 
longitude 84° W. 
On the 14th, Captain Hudson remarked a great and striking change 
in the weather since they passed the 62° of south latitude, it having 
become much more settled, and free from the sudden squalls and con- 
