CHAPTER X, 



CONTENTS. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE VINOENNES 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-PINERS 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 ICEBERG-SPECIMENS OF ROCKS OBTAINED-INGIUIRY 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. 



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