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fifty-one icebergs, all assuming a discoloured and earthy appearance, 

 were counted from deck. 



At 6 a. M. of the 14th, the wind having set in from the northwest, 

 I stood back along the barrier on my return, hauling in to the south- 

 ward, and making it within the meridians of 120° and 130° E., being 

 a portion which escaped my personal observation, arising from incle- 

 ment weather. 



I had reached the meridian of 100° 07' 40" E., latitude 64° 15' S. 

 I attempted to close with the barrier on the 24th, in order to procure 

 a supply of ice, being reduced to a half-gallon allowance of water ; 

 after several unsuccessful attempts, owing to rough and foggy weather, 

 I concluded to proceed north, in conformity with my instructions, and 

 at 2 p. m. bore up in a gale from northwest ; the wind prevailing 

 heavy from that quarter gradually carried me near the Lord Auck- 

 land Isles, passing the last iceberg in latitude 55° 24' S., longitude 

 148° 37' E. 



I availed myself of your suggestion ,-"-put in and anchored on the 

 night of the 7th of March in the harbour of Sarah's Bosom. I 

 procured a supply of wood and water, and sailed again on the after- 

 noon of the 10th. The sketch of the island in my possession, though 

 not entirely correct, is sufficiently so to guide a vessel safely to the 

 anchorage. I proceeded to this place, passing to the eastward of 

 New Zealand, — strong northeast winds prolonging the passage. 



I spoke the American whale-ship Mary and Martha, Coffin 

 master, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, off Cook's Straits, on the night 

 of the 17th instant: twenty-seven months out; twenty -two hundred 

 barrels of oil ; reported at least one hundred ships engaged on the east 

 coast in the fisheries. 



The weather during the cruise has been attended with great 

 variety, and sudden transitions. The great anxiety I felt to attain a 

 high southern parallel, and obtain convincing proofs of the existence 

 of land from the indications presented, added to the ardour of the 

 officers and crew, often involved us in situations, alike interesting, 

 critical, and dangerous, attributing our escapes without injury to the 

 too plain guidance of the watchful hand of Providence. 



Among the most pleasing reflections are those of the perfect ex- 

 emption from sickness and disease, — not a serious case occurring 

 during the whole period, and not a symptom of incipient scurvy. I 

 have avoided all unnecessary exposure, affording every convenience 



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