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Tristan
d
’
Acunha
lies
to
the
south
of
the
zone
of
the
regular
south
-
west
winds
.
Its
climate
is
mild
and
moist
.
The
prevailing
winds
are
west
and
north
-
west
,
and
,
during
the
winter
—
August
and
September
—
south
.
The
island
was
inhabited
,
from
1811
,
by
American
whale
fishers
.
After
them
,
English
soldiers
were
installed
there
to
watch
the
St
.
Helena
seas
,
and
these
remained
until
after
the
death
of
Napoleon
,
in
1821
.
Several
years
later
the
group
of
islands
populated
by
Americans
and
Dutchmen
from
the
Cape
acknowledged
the
suzerainty
of
Great
Britain
,
but
this
was
not
so
in
1839
.
My
personal
observation
at
that
date
convinced
me
that
the
possession
of
Tristan
d
’
Acunha
was
not
worth
disputing
.
In
the
sixteenth
century
the
islands
were
called
the
Land
of
Life
.
On
the
5th
of
September
,
in
the
morning
,
the
towering
volcano
of
the
chief
island
was
signalled
;
a
huge
snow
-
covered
mass
,
whose
crater
formed
the
basin
of
a
small
lake
.
Next
day
,
on
our
approach
,
we
could
distinguish
a
vast
heaped
-
up
lava
field
.
At
this
distance
the
surface
of
the
water
was
striped
with
gigantic
seaweeds
,
vegetable
ropes
,
varying
in
length
from
six
hundred
to
twelve
hundred
feet
,
and
as
thick
as
a
wine
barrel
.
Here
I
should
mention
that
for
three
days
subsequent
to
the
finding
of
the
fragment
of
ice
,
Captain
Len
Guy
came
on
deck
for
strictly
nautical
purposes
only
,
and
I
had
no
opportunities
of
seeing
him
except
at
meals
,
when
he
maintained
silence
,
that
not
even
James
West
could
have
enticed
him
to
break
.
I
made
no
attempt
to
do
this
,
being
convinced
that
the
hour
would
come
when
Len
Guy
would
again
speak
to
me
of
his
brother
,
and
of
the
efforts
which
he
intended
to
make
to
save
him
and
his
companions
.
Now
,
I
repeat
,
the
season
being
considered
,
that
hour
had
not
come
,
when
the
schooner
cast
anchor
on
the
6th
of
September
at
Ansiedling
,
in
Falmouth
Bay
,
precisely
in
the
place
indicated
in
Arthur
Pym
’
s
narrative
as
the
moorings
of
the
Jane
.
At
the
period
of
the
arrival
of
the
Jane
,
an
ex
-
corporal
of
the
English
artillery
,
named
Glass
,
reigned
over
a
little
colony
of
twenty
-
six
individuals
,
who
traded
with
the
Cape
,
and
whose
only
vessel
was
a
small
schooner
.
At
our
arrival
this
Glass
had
more
than
fifty
subjects
,
and
was
,
as
Arthur
Pym
remarked
,
quite
independent
of
the
British
Government
.
Relations
with
the
ex
-
corporal
were
established
on
the
arrival
of
the
Halbrane
,
and
he
proved
very
friendly
and
obliging
.
West
,
to
whom
the
captain
left
the
business
of
refilling
the
water
tanks
and
taking
in
supplies
of
fresh
meat
and
vegetables
,
had
every
reason
to
be
satisfied
with
Glass
,
who
,
no
doubt
,
expected
to
be
paid
,
and
was
paid
,
handsomely
.
The
day
after
our
arrival
I
met
ex
-
corporal
Glass
,
a
vigorous
,
well
-
preserved
man
,
whose
sixty
years
had
not
impaired
his
intelligent
vivacity
.
Independently
of
his
trade
with
the
Cape
and
the
Falklands
,
he
did
an
important
business
in
seal
-
skins
and
the
oil
of
marine
animals
,
and
his
affairs
were
prosperous
.
As
he
appeared
very
willing
to
talk
,
I
entered
briskly
into
conversation
with
this
self
-
appointed
Governor
of
a
contented
little
colony
,
by
asking
him
,
—
“
Do
many
ships
put
in
to
Tristan
d
’
Acunha
?
”
“
As
many
as
we
require
,
”
he
replied
,
rubbing
his
bands
together
behind
his
back
,
according
to
his
invariable
custom
.
“
In
the
fine
season
?
”
