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face of the globe. A young Antarctic day was 
born, and we saw a vision of many bold bands of 
explorers in our wake, struggling on towards the 
goal of scientific certainty. 
In the afternoon we had rifle shooting at the 
target at 150 yards range with the following 
result :— 
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* On January sth, there was open water as far 
as the eye could reach towards north and east. 
We swept the horizon with the telescope, but no 
signs of the returning vessel were to be seen. I 
Md hoped to have seen her back ere this, and 
although we had stores of resources in case we 
should be left for several more years, it was naturally 
an anxious time. The fate of the Southern Cross 
since she left us the previous year, was a sealed 
book to us, as also were the movements in the 
great civilised world. It was now very warm in 
fe sun. On January roth open water was to 
be seen everywhere. The 11th January was the 
anniversary of the first sighting of Cape Adare by 
Sir James Clark Ross. What a profound admiration 
I have for that great British navigator who, without 
the valuable assistance of steam, accomplished so 
