A I.ONG DAY. 
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CHAPTER IX. 
COAST EXAMINED DOWN TO LATITUDE SIXTY-NINE.— 
ISLANDS, INLETS, AND HEADLANDS DISCOVERED AND 
NAMED.-ItETUHN TO THE NORTHWARD.-NUMEROUS 
ICE1IEKGS.— TEMPERATURE OE THE SEA AT THE BOT¬ 
TOM.-FORMATION OF ICEBERGS, AND ENLARGEMENT 
OF FIELDS.-SEARCH FOR WHALES, AT A DISTANCE 
FROM THE LAND, UNSUCCESSFUL.-AGAIN APPROACH 
THE COAST. 
Sunday , July 28/4.— In the night we stood 
to the south-eastward, as far as the loose ice; and 
then off and on during the day. The Fame and 
Trafalgar were in company. The wind was west¬ 
erly, a gentle breeze; the weather clear and plea¬ 
sant. At the preceding midnight the sun de¬ 
scended, until, in its apparent position, it just 
came to the horizon with its centre. It now quite 
disappeared, on crossing the meridian below the 
pole, thus setting for the first time in a period of 
ninety-three days. Notwithstanding this constant 
day-light, I have frequently used, in this journal, 
the terms Night and Day, because they arc the 
most convenient and familiar, for the principal 
division of the twenty-four hours. 
