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( 207 ) hens, small grey gulls, and, mother Cary's chicken.

On the 3d April, in latitude 48½° S. and longitude 186½° E. at 9 P.M. a bright orange glow was observed in the heavens to the southward; it rose from the horizon to the altitude of thirty degrees, having the appearance of the western sky, when the sun in summer; illuminates it after setting. This appearance lasted about an hour, and gradually sunk into the surrounding obscurity.

The Calcutta passed between the islands of Diego Ramirez and the Hermits, and at about six miles distance from the former. The strength of the wind prevented our sounding here, but from