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attempt to land in the Sabrina’s boat at the only ac- 
cessible place 011 the island bearing the great mountain, 
a beach of a few feet wide which was uncovered only 
for a moment as each wave drew back. Balleny de- 
scribes the visit tersely and without any attempt at pic- 
turesque description, for he had no gift of language : 
“ Captain Freeman jumped out and got a few stones, 
but was up to the middle in water. There is no landing 
or beach on this land; in fact, but for the bare rocks 
where the icebergs had broken from, we should scarce 
have known it for land at first, but, as we stood in for 
it, we plainly perceived smoke arising from the mountain 
tops. It is evidently volcanic, as the specimens of 
stones, or cinders, will prove. The cliffs are perpen- 
dicular, and what would in all probability have been 
valleys and beaches are occupied by solid blocks of ice. 
I could not see a beach or harbour or anything like one.” 
The schooner and cutter held on their course to the 
northwestward and saw no more of the land. There 
were altogether five large and two small islands to which 
the names of five of Mr. Enderby’s partners in the cruise 
are attached, the other two being commemorated in 
the peaks. The names given in Mr. Enderby’s paper do 
not correspond exactly with those on the Admiralty 
charts, but there is no official tribunal to decide on these 
matters and it is sufficient to say that the names to whom 
the deserved honours were paid in 1839 were G. F. 
Young, W. Borradaile, J. W. Buckle, T. Sturge, W. 
Brown, J. Row, and W. Beale, together with Captain 
Freeman of the Sabrina, who stands godfather to the 
great mountain on Young Island, where he landed. 
Fortunately the second mate of the Eliza Scott, named 
John MacNab, had some little skill with the pencil 
