NIMROD'S VOYAGE 



do not exist in the locality laid down or anywhere near it. 

 When in latitude 59° 31' South, longitude 107° West, we 

 encountered north-easterly winds, which drove us into 

 61J^° South, where we met moderately warm weather 

 and continual rain. As the sun had only an altitude of 

 5° at noon there was almost constant darkness. At 10.45 

 P.M. on June 27 we sighted the Diego Ramirez Island 

 right ahead at a distance of fourteen miles. We made 

 an extremely good landfall, and this satisfied me that our 

 chronometers, despite the changes of temperature to which 

 they had been subjected, were reliable. It was a cloudy 

 moonhght night, and the fact that we saw these islands, 

 or rather rocks, for the highest point is only 587 ft. above 

 sea-level, so far off convinces me that if the other islands 

 had existed anywhere near the localities laid down for 

 them we could not have failed to see them." 



The Nimrod touched at Monte Video and arrived at 

 Falmouth on August 26. Four days later she was berthed 

 in the Thames, thus completing the most adventurous 

 cruise of her eventful career. She had been away from 

 the Thames for nearly twenty-five months. 



