rNEXClTIXG SHIPWRECKS. 
tion (on the chart) to he some distance in-shorc. This 
we regarded in the light of a most innocent shipwreck, 
and enjoyed it accordingl 3 ^ When this took place, 
we were in lat. 58° 40' 'N. and long, 158° 43' E., the 
beach bearing from northeast to soutlnvest of us, and dis- 
tant about five miles. We subsequently experienced 
many similar shipwrecks, and upon one occasion found 
ourselves upon the side of an extinct volcano that was 
actually more than sixty miles from the sea. So much 
for the amount of reliance that can bo placed upon tlie 
best charts of that region. Those which ice then ob- 
tained data for, and which will shortly be forthcoming 
from the able hands of Commander Eodgers, will conse- 
quently be of rare value to our whalers, who frequent that 
coast, and annuall 3 ' lose one or more of their fleet simply 
from the leant of good charts. 
As we thus made a running survey of those unknown 
regions, we took good care to obtain and preserve not 
only specimens from the hills and beach, but from the 
bottom of the sea also. We had two species of “patent 
leads” for this latter work, and they both acted admirably. 
One of them was intended for bringing up specimens of 
the bottom when the depth of Avatcr exceeded two or 
three hundred fathoms, and did actuall^^ once bring up 
a thimbleful of sand and mud from the enormous deptli 
of three thousand five hundred fathoms. That avus in 
the North Pacific. The other was intended to be used 
in from one fathom to one or two hundred, and it often 
brought up a pint or more at a single haul. It was 
curious to Avash out these specimens in a bucket of 
water and hunt for shells and other “ Avonders of the 
