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“
But
—
supposing
he
did
not
return
?
”
“
I
consider
that
we
have
not
to
face
that
eventuality
,
”
replied
Captain
Len
Guy
.
The
Halbrane
,
singularly
favoured
by
the
weather
,
sighted
the
New
South
Orkneys
group
in
six
days
after
she
had
sailed
from
the
Sandwich
Islands
.
This
archipelago
was
discovered
by
Palmer
,
an
American
,
and
Bothwell
,
an
Englishman
,
jointly
,
in
1821
-
22
.
Crossed
by
the
sixty
-
first
parallel
,
it
is
comprehended
between
the
forty
-
fourth
and
the
forty
,
seventh
meridian
.
On
approaching
,
we
were
enabled
to
observe
contorted
masses
and
steep
cliffs
on
the
north
side
,
which
became
less
rugged
as
they
neared
the
coast
,
at
whose
edge
lay
enormous
ice
-
floes
,
heaped
together
in
formidable
confusion
;
these
,
before
two
months
should
have
expired
,
would
be
drifted
towards
the
temperate
waters
.
At
that
season
the
whaling
ships
would
appear
to
carry
on
the
taking
of
the
great
blowing
creatures
,
while
some
of
their
crews
would
remain
on
the
islands
to
capture
seals
and
sea
-
elephants
.
In
order
to
avoid
the
strait
,
which
was
encumbered
with
islets
and
ice
-
floes
,
Captain
Len
Guy
first
cast
anchor
at
the
south
-
eastern
extremity
of
Laurie
Island
,
where
he
passed
the
day
on
the
24th
;
then
,
having
rounded
Cape
Dundas
,
he
sailed
along
the
southern
coast
of
Coronation
Island
,
where
the
schooner
anchored
on
the
25th
.
Our
close
and
careful
researches
produced
no
result
as
regarded
the
sailors
of
the
Jane
.
The
islands
and
islets
were
peopled
by
multitudes
of
birds
.
Without
taking
the
penguins
into
account
,
those
guano
-
covered
rocks
were
crowded
with
white
pigeons
,
a
species
of
which
I
had
already
seen
some
specimens
.
These
birds
have
rather
short
,
conical
beaks
,
and
red
-
rimmed
eyelids
;
they
can
be
knocked
over
with
little
difficulty
.
As
for
the
vegetable
kingdom
in
the
New
South
Orkneys
,
it
is
represented
only
by
grey
lichen
and
some
scanty
seaweeds
.
Mussels
are
found
in
great
abundance
all
along
the
rocks
;
of
these
we
procured
an
ample
supply
.
The
boatswain
and
his
men
did
not
lose
the
opportunity
of
killing
several
dozens
of
penguins
with
their
sticks
,
not
from
a
ruthless
instinct
of
destruction
,
but
from
the
legitimate
desire
to
procure
fresh
food
.
“
Their
flesh
is
just
as
good
as
chicken
,
Mr
.
Jeorling
,
”
said
Hurliguerly
.
“
Did
you
not
eat
penguin
at
the
Kerguelens
?
”
“
Yes
,
boatswain
,
but
it
was
cooked
by
Atkins
.
”
