his keen appreciation of the watch machine, and says: "I must
here take notice that our longitude can never be erroneous while we have
so good a guide as Mr. Kendal's watch."

OBEDIENT AND ALERT.

A further attempt to the south was made, and on 30th January the high
latitude of 71 degrees 10 minutes South was reached, in longitude 106
degrees 54 minutes West, further progress being stopped by a large and
solid field of ice. This record was not beaten till 1823, by Weddell, and
until recent years very few of the attempts on Antarctic discovery had
proved as successful. Satisfied that there was no continent existing
within the Arctic Circle except so far south as to be practically
inaccessible on account of ice, he acknowledged he did not regret he
found it impossible to go further, and, thinking that in the unexplored
parts of the South Pacific there was room for many large islands, and
also that discoveries already made had been imperfectly laid down on the
charts, he decided that it was his duty, as he had a well-found ship and
a healthy crew, to remain in these waters and add what he could to the
knowledge of geography. He therefore planned to find the land discovered
by Juan Fernandez in 38 degrees South, and, if unsuccessful, to proceed
to Easter Island and fix its position, as it was very uncertain, then to
proceed to Otaheite, where he had a faint hope he might hear of the
Adventure, and, proceeding further west, settle the position of Tierra
Austral del Espiritu Santo of de Quiros. Afterwards to turn south-east,
and, reaching Cape Horn in November, he would have the best part of the
summer for exploration in the South Atlantic. He says:

"Great as this design appears to be, I however thought it possible to be
executed; and when I came to communicate it to the officers, I had the
satisfaction to find they all heartily concurred in it. I should not do
these gentlemen justice if I did not take some opportunity to declare
that they always showed the utmost readiness to carry into execution in
the most effectual manner, every measure I thought proper to take. Under
such circumstances it is hardly necessary to say, that the seamen were
always obedient and alert; and on this occasion they were so far from
wishing the voyage at an end, that they rejoiced at the prospect of its
being prolonged another year and of soon enjoying the benefits of a
milder climate."

Mr. Forster does not agree with this account, for he say