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           Thisinstrumentfinished,theengineerreturnedtothebeach,butasitwasnecessarytotaketheheightofthepolefromaboveaclearhorizon,thatis,aseahorizon,andasClawCapehidthesouthernhorizon,hewasobligedtolookforamoresuitablestation.Thebestwouldevidentlyhavebeentheshoreexposeddirectlytothesouth;buttheMercywouldhavetobecrossed,andthatwasadifficulty.Hardingresolved,inconsequence,tomakehisobservationfromProspectHeights,takingintoconsiderationitsheightabovetheleveloftheseaaheightwhichheintendedtocalculatenextdaybyasimpleprocessofelementarygeometry.

           Thesettlers,therefore,wenttotheplateau,ascendingtheleftbankoftheMercy,andplacedthemselvesontheedgewhichlookednorthwestandsoutheast,thatis,abovethecuriously-shapedrockswhichborderedtheriver.

           Thispartoftheplateaucommandedtheheightsoftheleftbank,whichslopedawaytotheextremityofClawCape,andtothesouthernsideoftheisland.Noobstacleinterceptedtheirgaze,whichsweptthehorizoninasemi-circlefromthecapetoReptileEnd.Tothesouththehorizon,lightedbythefirstraysofthemoon,wasveryclearlydefinedagainstthesky.

           AtthismomenttheSouthernCrosspresenteditselftotheobserverinaninvertedposition,thestarAlphamarkingitsbase,whichisnearertothesouthernpole.

           ThisconstellationisnotsituatedasneartotheantarcticpoleasthePolarStaristothearcticpole

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