156 SIEGE OF THE SOUTH POLE 
stove in, the bulwarks smashed, and the ;crew so be- 
numbed by the bitter cold that they could not hold on to 
a rope for two minutes at a time. The brig became com- 
pletely unmanageable and drove before the wind ; the ice 
drove with it, and apparently at the same rate, for no 
collision ensued, and when the weather moderated after 
five days of hurricane fury, the Tula was little better 
than a wreck* and had been driven one hundred and 
twenty miles before the wind. 
Although five men out of his small crew were 
on the sick list as the result of the storm and the most 
serious anxiety was felt as to the safety of the cutter, 
Biscoe tried yet again to get south with a southeasterly 
gale howling against him half the day and subsiding into 
calm once in every twenty-four hours, until on March 
16th, Cape Ann was seen once more, and also a very high 
mountain. The ice did not seem to have been disturbed 
in its position by the succession of heavy gales. Summer 
was over, the air temperature had fallen to 22° F., and 
sorely against his will Biscoe had to give up all hope of 
reaching Cape Ann or the coast that bore it, now named 
after his owners, Enderby Land. He had done his best 
and could do no more. The log states: 
“ The land inaccessible, heavy gales frequent every 
day, some of the people getting sick, the carpenter for 
some time past having lost the use of his legs, and two 
others at this time in the same situation, and two or three 
more under medicine for the same complaint, although 
every attention has been paid to their health and com- 
fort. The vessel is very uncomfortable in bad weather 
and ships a great deal of water, and is now on her out- 
side, both hull and ropes, where the spray can reach, one 
mass of ice.” 
