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— PROCEEDINGS OF THE VINCENNES FROM THE SIXTEENTH OF JANUARY- 

 SHE ENTERS A DEEP BAY IN THE BARRIER— PEACOCK AND PORPOISE SEEN— PEA- 

 COCK SPOKEN — LAND DISTINCTLY 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 CONDUCT, AND THAT OF HIS OFFICERS AND CREW. 



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