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Chapter X. The Outset of the Enterprise

           HereandthereIfoundafewphanerogams,somepale-colouredmosses,andespeciallytussockgrassinsuchabundancethatnumerousherdsofcattlemightbefedupontheisland.

           Onthe12thNovembertheHalbranesailedoncemore,andhavingdoubledCharlottePointattheextremityofRoyalBay,sheheadedinthedirectionoftheSandwichIslands,fourhundredmilesfromthence.

           Sofarwehadnotencounteredfloatingice.Thereasonwasthatthesummersunhadnotdetachedany,eitherfromtheicebergsorthesouthernlands.Lateron,thecurrentwoulddrawthemtotheheightofthefiftiethparallel,which,inthesouthernhemisphere,isthatofParisorQuebec.Butweweremuchimpededbyhugebanksoffogwhichfrequentlyshutoutthehorizon.Nevertheless,asthesewaterspresentednodanger,andtherewasnothingtofearfromicepacksordriftingicebergs,theHalbranewasabletopursueherroutetowardstheSandwichIslandscomfortablyenough.Greatflocksofclangorousbirds,breastingthewindandhardlymovingtheirwings,passedusinthemidstofthefogs,petrels,divers,halcyons,andalbatross,boundlandwards,asthoughtoshowustheway.

           Owing,nodoubt,tothesemists,wewereunabletodiscernTraverseyIsland.CaptainLenGuy,however,thoughtsomevaguestreaksofintermittentlightwhichwereperceivedinthenight,betweenthe14thand15th,probablyproceededfromavolcanowhichmightbethatofTraversey,asthecraterfrequentlyemitsflames.

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