CHAPTER IX. 



CONTENTS. 



PRELIMINARY REMARKS— PROCEEDINGS OF THE SQUADRON TO THE SECOND OF JANUARY 

 —SEPARATION OF THE FLYING-FISH AND PEACOCK — FIRST ICEBERG SEEN— FALL IN 

 WITH THE ICY BARRIER — PORPOISE LOST SIGHT OF — PROCEEDINGS OF THE PEACOCK 

 FROM THE THIRD OF JANUARY— HER VISIT TO MACQUARIE'S ISLAND— FIRST ICEBERG 

 SEEN BY HER— SHE FALLS IN WITH THE ICY BARRIER— PROCEEDINGS OF THE PORPOISE 

 —SEA-ELEPHANTS SEEN AND TAKEN— LAND SEEN FROM ALL THE VESSELS— PROCEED- 

 INGS OF THE VINCENNES FROM THE SIXTEENTH OF JANUARY— SHE ENTERS A DEEP 

 BAY IN THE BARRIER— PEACOCK AND PORPOISE SEEN — PEACOCK SPOKEN — LAND DIS- 

 TINCTLY SEEN FROM THE VINCENNES AND PEACOCK— FIGHT BETWEEN A WHALE AND 

 KILLER, SEEN FROM THE PEACOCK— PROCEEDINGS OF THE PEACOCK — SOUNDINGS 

 OBTAINED BY HER — HER PERILOUS SITUATION AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE — HER 

 CRIPPLED CONDITION — CAPTAIN HUDSON RESOLVES TO RETURN— HIS ADMIRABLE CON- 

 DUCT, AND THAT OF HIS OFFICERS AND CREW. 



