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Next day, March 7th, it blew a gale with a heavy sea 
that sent the brig racing at 10 miles an hour through the 
ice-laden water and enabled them to traverse the pack 
very quickly, though with great discomfort and constant 
danger. On the 12th the gallant little Beaufoy was found 
all well, and on the same afternoon both vessels cast 
anchor in Adventure Bay, South Georgia, a happy event 
after five months afloat, even though “ it was not a 
country the most indulgent.” It yielded, however, some 
green herbs which, though bitter, were useful in warding 
off scurvy, while young albatrosses could be had in 
abundance and formed excellent fresh meat, “not suffi- 
ciently firm to be compared with that of any domestic 
fowl.” 
On South Georgia Weddell was surprised to find that 
when he climbed to the top of one of the mountains to 
take an observation for latitude, the mercury in his arti- 
ficial horizon kept in a state of such tremulous motion 
that he could not use it. It acted, in fact, as a seismo- 
scope, showing that some volcanic activity still lurked in 
the island. 
In the middle of April the two little vessels were off 
again, bound for the Falklands, and very heavy weather 
was encountered on the way. Weddell expresses his 
great satisfaction that some years before he had definitely 
proved the non-existence of the Aurora Islands, the risk 
of shipwreck on which would have been a very great 
anxiety. As it was the gale would have dismasted the 
brig had extra stays not been rigged, and the cutter lost 
her bowsprit by pitching into a heavy sea. The Falk- 
lands were not reached until May nth, and here the 
winter was passed. 
Leaving the Falklands early in October, 1823, the Jane 
