ANCHOB IN HOBSONS BAY . 
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tude 109° 23' east, we passed our last iceberg, but the 
sea water remained sufficiently cold for them to float 
about in it for some time without melting until we 
attained the 50tli parallel of latitude. Whenever the 
weather permitted, we sounded and trawled with good 
results. Upon investigating the proceeds, it was found 
to consist of nearly the same fauna as that discovered 
farther north. 
On the 13th March, 400 miles from Cape Otway, 
an extremely interesting haul with the trawl was 
obtained in 2600 fathoms; 600 to 700 fathoms 
deeper than we had met with since leaving the 
Cape. The bottom proved to be of the same kind 
of dark brown mud. 
The weather continued variable as we proceeded 
north, one day squally, the next calm, with heavy 
rain and fog ; and not. until reaching latitude 
44° 30' south did fine weather really greet us; then, 
with a favourable westerly breeze, good progress was 
daily made, and on the evening of March 16th land 
was in sight, the first for forty days. Cape Otway, 
Australia’s south-western point, was ahead, and the 
bright light glimmering in the darkness of the night. 
A short distance farther, and we are reminded that 
our voyage will soon be at an end. Next day crossed 
the bar, and passed Port Phillip’s headland ; shortly 
after Hobson’s Bay was reached, and we anchored 
in the harbour of one of the finest colonial cities 
England possesses. 
