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AURORA AUSTRALIS. On the fifteenth day we sighted the ice;
 * So the “Koonya” cast us free;

With ten of Boyle’s sheep aboard in a trice,
 * And another ten lost in the sea.

With all sail set and a following breeze
 * Toward that distant land we sped;

And crept through a field of a thousand bergs
 * Which guarded a virgin bed.

To the Great Ice Barrier’s edge we come
 * And search on that lonely shore,

For the spot we should make our winter home,
 * Which was known to be there of yore.

Not a sign was there of the Bight we sought,
 * But ten miles south sailed we

Of a place that was marked by a skipper named Scott,
 * In a ship called “Discovery”.

So east we turned to the land of our King,
 * For there we would plant our ﬂag;

But the‘heavy ice pack on our starboard tack '
 * Prevented us landing our swag.