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them sounding. Either this group is charted a great 
deal out of position, or, what is more likely, does not 
exist at all. 
North-east winds continuing, the ship was driven a 
good deal farther south than was intended and met with 
March 27, a considerable amount of fog and thick weather. 
o On the 27th she passed three bergs, and 
51' S., 142° ' ^ 
29' another one on the 29th, but the weather all 
these days was so thick that ice could only be seen at a 
very short distance. On the 29th, however, she was 
able to alter to the north-east and soon to leave these 
March 29, rather uncomfortable latitudes. 
1913, 58° There was a marked dearth of birds all 
39' 5., 134' 
54' w. across the Southern Ocean, great grey shear- 
waters and the little black-bellied petrels being the most 
common, while the moUymawks and sooty albatross were 
only occasional visitors. 
Cape Horn was passed on April ii, in a strong gale ; 
but as the ship entered the Straits Le Maire at daybreak 
the next morning the wind dropped and the sun rose 
over Staten Island, ushering in a beautiful day ; and 
from here, with very little exception, fine weather was 
experienced all the way to England. 
While crossing the shelf on which the Falkland 
Islands stand, Lillie was able to trawl, and once again 
after leaving Rio de Janeiro, for the last time on the 
commission, the catch in this case being almost entirely 
composed of swimming crabs. 
Trawling probably caused more excitement and 
interest in the ship than anything else she did, and the 
