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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. 



Nov., 1856. — Three large icebergs, 500 feet high, were 

 found in lat. 41° S., long. 42° E. 



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

 with in lat. 55° 46' S., long. 155° 56' W. 



Jan., 1861.— In lat. 56° 10' S., long. 160* W., an ice- 

 berg 500 feet high and half-a-mile long was 

 found. 



Jan., 1867. — The barque "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 "Koyal Standard" came in collision 

 with an iceberg 600 feet in height. 



Dec, 1856. — Four large icebergs, one of them 700 feet 

 high and another 500 feet, were met with in lat. 

 50* 14' S., long. 42* 54' E. 



Dec. 25th., 1861.— The "Queen of Nations" fell in with 

 an iceberg in lat. 53° 45' S., long. 170* W., 720 

 feet high. 



Dec, 1856.— Captain P. Wakem, ship "Ellen Radford," 

 found, in lat. 52* 31' S., long. 43* 43' W., two 

 large icebergs, one at least 800 feet high. 



Mr. Towson states that one of our most cele- 

 brated and talented naval surveyors informed him 

 that he had seen icebergs in the southern regions 

 800 feet high. 



March 23rd, 1855. — The "Agneta" passed an iceberg 

 in lat. 53° 14' S., long. 14* 41' E., 960 feet in 

 height. 



Aug. 16th, 1840.— The Dutch ship "General Baron Von 

 Geen" passed an iceberg 1000 feet high in lat. 37° 

 32' S., long. 14° 10' E. 



