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several specks of gold/' Two days later the trend of the current 
was south-easterly. There was a pronounced thaw on the 
22nd. The cabins were in a dripping state, and recently fallen 
snow was running off the ship in little streams. All hands were 
dehghtedj for the present discomfort offered promise of an early 
break-up of the pack. 
''November 23. — At 3 a.m. Young Island, Balleny Group, 
was seen bearing north 54^ east (true). The island, which 
showed up clearly on the horizon, under a heavy stratus-covered 
sky, appeared to be very far distant. By latitude at noon we are 
in 66° 26' S. As this is the charted latitude of Peak Foreman, 
Young Island, the bearing does not agree. Land was seen at 
8 a.m. bearing south 60° west (true). This, which would appear 
to be Cape Hudson, loomed up through the mists in the form 
of a high, bold headland, with low undulating land stretching 
away to the south-south-east and to the westward of it. The 
appearance of this headland has been foretold for the last two 
days, by masses of black fog, but it seems strange that land 
so high should not have been seen before, as there is little change 
in the atmospheric conditions. 
" November 24. — Overcast and hazy during forenoon. 
Cloudy, clear, and fine in afternoon and evening. Not a vestige 
of land can be seen, so Cape Hudson is really ' Cape Flyaway.' 
This is most weird. All hands saw the headland to the south- 
west, and some of us sketched it. Now (afternoon), although 
the sky is beautifully clear to the south-west, nothing can be 
seen. We cannot have drifted far from yesterday's position. 
No wonder Wilkes reported land. 9 p.m. — A low fringe of 
land appears on the horizon bearing south-west, but in no way 
resembles our Cape of yesterday. This afternoon we took a 
cast of the lead through the crack 200 yds. west of the ship, 
but found no bottom at 700 fathoms." 
An interesting incident on November 26 was the discovery 
of an emperor penguin rookery. Ninnis and Kavenagh took 
a long walk to the north-west, and found the deserted rookery. 
The depressions in the ice, made by the birds,were about eighteen 
inches long and contained a greyish residue. The rookery was in 
a hollow surrounded by pressure-ridges six feet high. Apparently 
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