, 1874-06-06

al,a .lrodgod oloao to tho largo borg 270 feet high
ma Quarter pf milo long. For tho noxt ilvo
aaya wd saslo through great l,tu1borg of ico-
parGa asn n n,os .'n9 81 o ahar at topo and
stoppad by tho pnck leo to Ito southoaat IN lati.
tudo 06 slog. "a mn., longitude II der, III min.
onBt. We boto away alos,g tho otlgo of tho paclt
lco 70 hotltwoatwartl. a!'d crossed tic Aniarctio
cnes;;, Wo rcacl,od within i,lo0 miles i Of Tia 10
South Polo md 120 miles to tho BouthwartI ri
ti'o position assigned by Capt. Wilkes to
Termination Land, but 40 milos TO tl,e westward
Of It, 80 wo stood to tho eastward with tho Wow
Of aookng for It In that direction.
Tho icoIorgs Which VIC passed woro, may eaY.
in1n,morablo, as many na oigllty-aovcn being Iii
eigt at one timo noarly all fint-toppo, md owl
IDENTIFY GOT adrift from tho groat southern Ice bar-
rSa risr; Tl,o effect Of slot Mt large ono, over
quantity Of leo It brought down from nuarIy the
wl,olo longth Of tho borg.
Tlo weather wau now iilne to1erably cloar tho
fiknts neyor properly lar!s, bright flashes OF
oialiy illuminating tho woatern horizon, oalBed
NY ts'n reflection Of tho Ran on icc. Thore wGH
good uohl of snow aud Hstarp frogk tho low-
ost fomporaturo WAS ~ deg. Tahronhoit, md that
o. tho water ~ deg. when running through opoi
:. Great numbers Of whales wcro soon au tho
ZINC wo wore near thu Ice: On Bome afternoons.
tloy wcro blowing round the ship In doxouB,
Many appeared to be fright witnlcs," a,d
apoutod only one jot OF wator. shoala Of gram.
lad almost forgotten to say tl,at whom va
gayo up tho search to tho westward, on tho 10th
or februurY GIL open aea, almost FREQ OF bergg
was heen TO tho southwest, and nothipu I'd
prevent l''.n strengthened ship going on in thai
:. On tho ESD of February we reached latitude
u acg. 10 min. SOUTH longitude oi dog. d min.
ton Of Willca' Termination Land, whom pack.
lce was acon nhcad, extending from west-aonth-
Woat to Houth.soutl,oaBt, and Completely stopping
w.. We were also surrounded with borgs, eighty.
eigi't sIn 6aing in sight. soundinga woro obtninod
III 800 fatloma
The sky was remarkably o1oar ut tho tlmo tho
range Of vision hcing logged nt between twenty
neo mvo and nc th;tty miles but there vas arponr-
nheo OF land IN any direction. The uoxt morris
Jug, the drodgo was put over as cloBo ~ va
could got to tho supposed position Of tho Ant
arctic Continent, but nothing was brought M
Which would show any light on the subioct.
The wind now froshonod 70 gallo, with heavy
aqualls. SNOW, and thick mist, so that It wna
scarcely possible to sec d slips length. In
re rTyln g. to mako iast to an iceberg, an eddy
btrikor, wiisler, and nil tho hoad-goar woro CIR
I1ed away. Shortly afterwards wo wcro noarlY
lonI Ct large berg before 1t waB soon. It waa
only tho promptitudo Of tlo mnintoptnap in lot
ting full tho mafntopsail, which was throw,
aback, and by going astern full speed with tho
acrew that wo cloared 1t, aud thus probably o.
caped rathor untimoly end to tho cruiao.
Thoro is nothing mora now to toll. Tho
weather continued bad for tho next few dayy.
We, gradually run out Of tho leo, hcaving to gen
orally at night. Nearly all our coal was gono.
80 no had to ba OF. Dolioyo mo. sincerely
yoore, JOHN HYNEs.