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pressing a great desire to visit these northern parts, and 
displaying on this subject a sort of national vanity, 
besides promising an average speed of seven knots an 
hour, it was decided that—at all events, that vessel 
should start alone with the u Heine Hortense whose 
supply of coals it would be able to replenish, in the 
event—a doubtful one, it is true—of our making the 
coast of Jan Mayen’s island, and finding a good an¬ 
chorage. The “ Heine Hortense ” had—by the help of 
a supplementary load on deck—a supply of coals for 
eight days; and immediately on starting, the crew, as 
well as the passengers, were to be put on a measured 
allowance of water. 
A few hours before getting under weigh, the expedi¬ 
tion was completed by the junction of a new companion, 
quite unexpected. We found in Reykjavik harbour 
a yacht belonging to Lord Dufferin. The Prince, seeing 
his great desire to visit the neighbourhood of Jan 
Mayen, offered to take his schooner in tow of the 
“ Heine Hortense .” It was a fortunate accident for a 
seeker of maritime adventures; and an hour afterwards, 
the proposition having been eagerly accepted, the 
Englishman was attached by two long cables to the 
stern of our corvette. 
On the 7th of July, 1856, at two o’clock in the 
morning, after a ball given by Commander de Mas on 
board the “ Artemise” —the u Heine Hortense” with the 
English schooner in tow, left Reykjavik harbour, direct¬ 
ing her course along the west coast of Iceland, towards 
Onundarfiord, where we were to join the “ Saxon” which 
had left a few hours before us. At nine o’clock, the 
three vessels, steering east-north-east, doubled the point 
of Cape North. At noon our observation of the latitude 
placed us about 67°. We had just crossed the Arctic 
circle. The temperature was that of a fine spring day, 
10° centigrade (50° Farenli.). 
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