The sun., 1889-03-31
TEE szAnon ron rHS SOUTH ros.
Hardly Anything has been Done In shes
Direction In Half . Contury-rreep>s1~
ef Contemplated New Expeditions.

| Prom neisan Frsnctsco cAyontc,s
The first navigator who passed Cape Hern
| led by spirit Of diseovSry and tnveshgati9A
the King into these frozen roslons In l7i8 A3
va vas the first to put p On record q deso5iption e
locality when seen in the direction OF the south
ISRt IRS a and p1' The southern @ rn~1H shs W there are
some striking points that tend to prove
sspng " az SoiS eoss
scale With the dscSSrsssp S From "a ths pos
W ronsS Kns IoSs &S never appear.
70 have had many IMPULSES toward usefulnesS
S rfsmsn S2fs Of a " %hos s
Naio S 9S sSse 81 ,ns
n H. Plsnos Of So UhSh osSpy Saf sns Ts
sent to establish a colony in the Maioceinea
MnNssD Msnds lust south Of the Straits q
While BougaiInyille aal was thus snsaEsd
!sr task 70 the southeast Of the Cape Of aSod
Ocean, Il was during this voyage that he dis.
covered the LAND that now bears his name It
Of h%s nss5y IS ss
strange birds and curious amphlbians, with ite
tbs s1Ps SO With
yet he represented, It when he returned as :
paradise. 4 second expedition was sent With
saeen mss ha5 the a ruth S Nigh. e not afs s.
naysated ID T the island ND and 70 reaTned to
But bnt the he truth could not he coneeaed He was
to s aepEsee S 81 as En
shortly after hy Louis XVI. and died, sword e
mH Il 6 @aasr hs ss:
an eSped ition was sent to the Antarctic Ocean.
It lPnded on King's Island. between, Tasmanie
criminals into tho region, left without accom-.
iss2 Snyn Gapt Cook loft Plymouth with tn.
Resolution and Adventure with the intention
In Ing Tie high southern iattudes v south out q the
Indian Ocean, In December Of that year he
Rss ms ros 6 st s Hat I se snf later 1 ss
In skaS t. hp tSs SesbE q the
ds aassTfSS TSe oH
circle. still, holding his general course toward
the east, discovering several Islands. and hay.
to. follow him in his wanderings. nor repeat the
tale Of his death: Curiousy enough. he ex-
the bonnon thnt no one would
ioEesee what would happen In this age Of steam.
Two yesseis the Nsdedsa "a and Nesa, that
year doubled Cape Horn. but returned without
hausen with two ships went south by way of
the n lis islands S OF south south Ge9rgta meeting the wall
@ In In pas on to nearly degrees.
eh5 h no pon na E q sE %Reh cses Se sy Rsd as
pisnstFat!nE considsrsSly, within ihs he Arctic
S Sa aSs sSe
them with high mountains. and finally returned
safely to Cronstadt.
Ge 81 maze
one = SHY tie cshsF q s!1ty7iys tons SaEdsp:
which he named the shetlands 0rSades. aud
Earye the las! being on the sixty fltth parallel.
6ap Bsoes Essss n tve sss.
dsses and oS
afterwaEd there sppesrs op the records
i, Wye added anything substantial to he ssosE
put under command q Monsieur Be Preyoipss %
bus bos
E s (: x Z:
q q MSSa had to Land
BROUGHT it to France. and it is now N one OF tie
y dtrvil1e. there we wsre % two others In prepSrs.
"a SaD %s n
ish sbs by GaRt SosS Ths French
,.ors. only more, adyenturous He met the
ee bo5f% se ana
Rhat, be accomplished, then with q sailing
ned and sqqpped Win s K she s.e"; modesn appi.
edition had similar sxper riences but showed
ess energy. and spent short time compare
Ct be Ross sS ss
e
yy|R1essts z. ss az Antarctic continent Yst as
MY skirted lis BORDERS for W distance @ Of ABOUT bout
90 q Z miles; It may after alI be large island.
urrounded by perpendicular wall OF Ice, or of
Gek Si coated with ics zoo feet in height. over
Istance. was only % two % lofty Soicanoes one ne Ia
nywhere, 10 break this monotopous wall. and
roach for fear Of being ems dash dashed to Top pieces. @ a
iodern Arctic steamer might be bolder-
,land. or move far enough along its shores to
tscoyer some harbor where 1t might safely lie
p for the winter. This place. thus marked BY
70 y ,,v volcanoes Is the point whore future OK
act to be noted that the two ships commanded
Ross were the Erebns and the Terror, the
rankin in his ill-tated voyage toward the
05h R0s and W.. hs F5aRkn was at this
! These Ii three expeditio1s were begun and nn.
sars ago. Since then nothing has been done
orth mentioning to extend their discoveries
cean. but merely to discover what points
ould be most eligible for observing the com.
lg transit Of Vonus. IL was supplied with
pplances for deer:sea soundings. y visited
ictoia Land. the polnt OF greatest interest.
ut made no useful observations. 1t only Dc.
onsrated ,ons % a the fact that steam vessel could
lratlve safety what had required sailing ves-
us months to accomplish. This is the situa-
on at present. The Germans OF HAMBURG
ID the Americans are ontemplating new eI.
,dition to tho south pole. and the French
dentists. whose naviRators and whose Cow
nment are not for moment In position to
tal-a rIN,,u ~. 4. Ill