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The
schooner
took
the
direction
of
this
island
,
whose
snow
-
clad
heights
—
formidable
masses
of
ancient
rock
-
rise
to
an
immense
altitude
through
the
yellow
fogs
of
the
surrounding
space
.
New
Georgia
,
situated
within
five
hundred
leagues
of
Magellan
Straits
,
belongs
to
the
administrative
domain
of
the
Falklands
.
The
British
administration
is
not
represented
there
by
anyone
,
the
island
is
not
inhabited
,
although
it
is
habitable
,
at
least
in
the
summer
season
.
On
the
following
day
,
while
the
men
were
gone
in
search
of
water
,
I
walked
about
in
the
vicinity
of
the
bay
.
The
place
was
an
utter
desert
,
for
the
period
at
which
sealing
is
pursued
there
had
not
arrived
.
New
Georgia
,
being
exposed
to
the
direct
action
of
the
Antarctic
polar
current
,
is
freely
frequented
by
marine
mammals
.
I
saw
several
droves
of
these
creatures
on
the
rocks
,
the
strand
,
and
within
the
rock
grottoes
of
the
coast
.
Whole
“
smalas
”
of
penguins
,
standing
motionless
in
interminable
rows
,
brayed
their
protest
against
the
invasion
of
an
intruder
—
I
allude
to
myself
.
Innumerable
larks
flew
over
the
surface
of
the
waters
and
the
sands
;
their
song
awoke
my
memory
of
lands
more
favoured
by
nature
.
It
is
fortunate
that
these
birds
do
not
want
branches
to
perch
on
;
for
there
does
not
exist
a
tree
in
New
Georgia
.
Here
and
there
I
found
a
few
phanerogams
,
some
pale
-
coloured
mosses
,
and
especially
tussock
grass
in
such
abundance
that
numerous
herds
of
cattle
might
be
fed
upon
the
island
.
On
the
12th
November
the
Halbrane
sailed
once
more
,
and
having
doubled
Charlotte
Point
at
the
extremity
of
Royal
Bay
,
she
headed
in
the
direction
of
the
Sandwich
Islands
,
four
hundred
miles
from
thence
.
So
far
we
had
not
encountered
floating
ice
.
The
reason
was
that
the
summer
sun
had
not
detached
any
,
either
from
the
icebergs
or
the
southern
lands
.
Later
on
,
the
current
would
draw
them
to
the
height
of
the
fiftieth
parallel
,
which
,
in
the
southern
hemisphere
,
is
that
of
Paris
or
Quebec
.
But
we
were
much
impeded
by
huge
banks
of
fog
which
frequently
shut
out
the
horizon
.
Nevertheless
,
as
these
waters
presented
no
danger
,
and
there
was
nothing
to
fear
from
ice
packs
or
drifting
icebergs
,
the
Halbrane
was
able
to
pursue
her
route
towards
the
Sandwich
Islands
comfortably
enough
.
Great
flocks
of
clangorous
birds
,
breasting
the
wind
and
hardly
moving
their
wings
,
passed
us
in
the
midst
of
the
fogs
,
petrels
,
divers
,
halcyons
,
and
albatross
,
bound
landwards
,
as
though
to
show
us
the
way
.
Owing
,
no
doubt
,
to
these
mists
,
we
were
unable
to
discern
Traversey
Island
.
Captain
Len
Guy
,
however
,
thought
some
vague
streaks
of
intermittent
light
which
were
perceived
in
the
night
,
between
the
14th
and
15th
,
probably
proceeded
from
a
volcano
which
might
be
that
of
Traversey
,
as
the
crater
frequently
emits
flames
.
On
the
17th
November
the
schooner
reached
the
Archipelago
to
which
Cook
gave
the
name
of
Southern
Thule
in
the
first
instance
,
as
it
was
the
most
southern
land
that
had
been
discovered
at
that
period
.
He
afterwards
baptized
it
Sandwich
Isles
.
James
West
repaired
to
Thule
in
the
large
boat
,
in
order
to
explore
the
approachable
points
,
while
Captain
Len
Guy
and
I
descended
on
the
Bristol
strand
.
