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] second master of the Terror: this we considered most likely to have occasioned the leak which, though at present of no amount to cause alarm, was a source of uneasiness until the extent of the injury from which it arose was determined. After some hours' examination, it proved to be only in the upperworks, and was stopped without any difficulty.

At noon we were in latitude 60° S., and longitude 143° 48′ W., the wind still blowing strong from the westward, but gradually abating in the afternoon as it drew round to the northward. The high sea that was running hindered our operations; but we were, nevertheless, enabled to finish the jury-bowsprit, get it into its place, and secure it, with all its gear and rigging properly set up, before night. We had passed several icebergs during the day, and this, connected with our recent accident, occasioned us to run with more carefulness during the first few hours of darkness, and at midnight, several bergs and numerous fragments being met with, we rounded to until daylight.

The breeze having freshened from the westward, we bore away before it at 5, and were able, in addition to our sail of yesterday, to set the port lower studding-sail. We passed a great many bergs in the course of the day; but the wind having veered to the southward by noon, we had clear weather, and could therefore run without danger, though under more moderate sail