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full.grown young ones. It is evident that this 
low ground from time to time gets swamped by 
waves started in the small cove to the south, 
between it and the base of Mount Melbourne, 
where evidently large blocks of icebergs break off 
from tne ice shest and plunge into the cove. 
Vegetation was found at the place where this 
peninsula rose towards the east ; here the ground con- 
sisted of large and small brim- 
stones, and basalt thrown. in 
the wildest disorder. Wonder- 
MR. COLBECK TAKING OBSERVATIONS WITH THE ARTIFICIAL 
HORIZON, 
ful caves, passages and arches were found, and this 
dark land discovered in the middle of everlasting 
ice and snow, and surrounded by mighty peaks 
and crevasses, conveyed to our minds an idea of 
what one of Vulcan’s gigantic workshops ought to 
be like. 
I named this promontory and the land to the west- 
ward of it, Newnes Land, after the generous Mæcenas 
of the expedition, Sir George Newnes, Bart. 
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