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the name of Freeman was given, this being the island 
on which he landed. The five islands were given the 
names of the five merchants who co-operated with 
Enderby in the venture — Young, Borradaile, Buckle, 
Sturge, and Row. The whole group was named the 
Balleny Islands. 
Captain Balleny then steered westward near the 
Antarctic Circle, encountering severe weather and much 
ice. In the night of March 4th the two little vessels 
were in a hazardous position, surrounded by icebergs n 
thick weather, with severe snow squalls which compelled 
them to heave to. On March 2nd in 64 0 58' S. and 
121 0 8' E. they sighted land to the southward, the vessels 
being surrounded by drift ice. The land was seen both 
by Balleny and by McNab the second mate, who thought 
it was not more than one mile to windward. It received 
the name of Sabrina Land. The appearance of land was 
again seen on March 3rd. The fixed character of the 
ice to the south showed the proximity of land of con- 
siderable extent. 
This voyage of the Eliza Scott and Sabrina is very 
remarkable. That such tiny little vessels should have 
passed along that dangerous coast, amidst fogs and snow 
squalls, in imminent danger of collision with bergs and 
heavy drift ice on all sides, speaks volumes for the 
seamanlike skill, watchfulness, and nerve of the navigators. 
They must be credited with the discovery of a third part 
of the coast of the southern continent. 
Great credit is also due to Mr Enderby, the patriotic 
promoter of the expeditions which carried out this 
hazardous work. The discovery of Graham Land, of three 
points of the north coast of the Antarctic continent — 
Enderby Land, Kempe Land, and Sabrina Land, and of 
the Balleny Islands, is due to the enterprise and perse- 
verance of one who may justly take rank with the 
merchant adventurers of the days of the great Queen. 
