CHAPTER X. 



CONTENTS. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE VINCENNES FROM THE TWENTY-SECOND OF JANUARY — DISAP- 

 POINTMENT BAY— WATERING ON THE ICE— DIAGRAMS OF THE ICE-ISLANDS — THEIR 

 UTILITY— VIOLENT GALE AND SNOW-STORM — NARROW ESCAPE FROM STRIKING THE 

 ICE — THE OPEN SEA REACHED — RETURN OF FINE WEATHER — VINCENNES STANDS 

 AGAIN TO THE SOUTH, AND REACHES THE ICY BARRIER— PINER'S BAY— SOUNDINGS 

 IN THIRTY FATHOMS— ANOTHER VIOLENT GALE— REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICERS 

 —OPINION OF THE WARD-ROOM OFFICERS— DETERMINATION TO PROCEED WITH THE 

 CRUISE — ITS EVENTS UP TO THE FOURTEENTH OF FEBRUARY — LANDING ON AN ICE- 

 BERG—SPECIMENS OF ROCKS OBTAINED— INQUIRY IN RELATION TO THE FORMATION 

 OF ICEBERGS — THEIR SEPARATION FROM THE LAND — THEIR PROGRESS — FURTHER 

 EVIDENCE IN RELATION TO THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT— ESTIMATE OF THE RATE 

 AT WHICH THE FLOATING ICE MOVES — THE VINCENNES BEGINS HER RETURN TO 

 THE NORTH. 



