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the Tula crossed Captain Cook's route in 40° E., almost 
at the farthest south point made by the great commander 
at his first dip to southward of the circle. Cook had been 
compelled by the ice to retire northward at once, but 
Biscoe was able to carry on on an easterly course, though 
gradually trending to the northward. On February 
28th, after two days of terrible pitching and straining of 
the vessels in a heavy southeasterly gale, the weather 
moderated ; they tacked to the southward, and from lati- 
tude 66° S. and in longitude 47 0 20' E. the captain dis- 
cerned some hummocks on the southern horizon, which 
at 4 p. m., much resembled the tops of mountains, and at 
6 p. m. it was clear that they really were black mountain 
summits, standing up from a considerable extent of land. 
The land, however, appeared very far off and was closely 
beset with field-ice and icebergs. For two days the ves- 
sels struggled gallantly southward, taking advantage of 
every opening in the ice-pack to edge in towards the land 
which was now only about 12 leagues off. A magnifi- 
cent Aurora australis also appeared, but Biscoe, at first 
overjoyed at seeing the splendid phenomenon, soon found 
it a source of danger, because he could hardly restrain the 
lookouts and the man at the wheel from gazing up at the 
sky instead of at the ship's course and the menacing ice. 
A prominent headland had by this time become familiar, 
and Biscoe, after finding its approximate position to be 
66° 25' S., 49 0 18' E., named it Cape Ann, but drops no 
hint as to the identity of the lady thus honoured in his 
first discovery. A channel of clear water three miles 
wide was found heading straight for the land, but just 
as it seemed certain that it could be reached, a south- 
easter burst upon the ships ; the cutter disappeared from 
view, one of the brig's boats was swept away, others 
