356 FROM EDINBURGH TO THE ANTARCTIC 
by Captain Larsen, who later in the year traced it out in 
about 6o° W. from 65° S. to 68° S., whence the land seemed 
to trend eastwards. It is high, rocky land, and entirely 
snow-clad. In about 65° S. and 58^° W. he discovered 
two active volcanoes which he has named Jason and 
Sarsee. Captain Larsen landed on the South Orkneys 
and Seymour Island, and in the latter he found some 
fossils which had fallen from a decomposing cliff. These 
are the first fossils ever brought from Antarctica. There 
are specimens among them of Cucullcea, Cytherea, and 
Nataza, and pieces of a coniferous tree. They are pro- 
bably of the Tertiary age, and indicate a warmer climate 
than now prevails in these high southern latitudes. Dr. 
Donald had the advantage of landing in the region of 
Erebus and Terror Bay, and the Active, the vessel in 
which he sailed, passed through an unknown strait in 
Joinville Land. 
Biology. — Whales were the object of our voyage, and we * — 
saw many, but none that were worth the catching. Whilst 
in the ice we met with three kinds — Finners (probably 
Physalus Anstralis), called 'Blue Whales' by Captain 
Larsen of the Norwegian vessel 'Jason/ others strongly 
resembling the Pacific Hunchback Whale, and Bottle- 
nose Whale, two of which he captured. Besides these, 
there was present in considerable numbers the grampus 
or sword-fish (Orca), conspicuous by its long dorsal fin. 
Ross says that in Erebus and Terror Gulf, on New Year's 
Day 1843, 'great numbers of the largest-sized black 
whales were lying upon the water in all directions: their 
