followed in 1840 had vanished. A collection of huge bergs was the
sole remnant to mark its former position.

"At 10 A.M., having passed to the south of the charted position of
D'Urville's Cote Clarie, we altered course to S. 10 degrees E. true.
Good observations placed us at noon in latitude 65 degrees 2' S. and
132 degrees 26' E. A sounding on sand and small stones was taken in one
hundred and sixty fathoms. We sailed over the charted position of land
east of Wilkes's Cape Carr in clear weather.

"At 5.30 P.M. land was sighted to the southward--snowy highlands similar
to those of Adelie Land but greater in elevation.

"After sounding in one hundred and fifty-six fathoms on mud, the ship
stood directly towards the land until 9 P.M. The distance to the nearest
point was estimated at twenty miles; heavy floe-ice extending from our
position, latitude 65 degrees 45' S. and longitude 132 degrees 40' E.,
right up to the shore. Another sounding realized two hundred and thirty
fathoms, on sand and small stones. Some open water was seen to the
south-east, but an attempt to force a passage in that direction was
frustrated.

"At 3 A.M. on the 24th we were about twelve miles from the nearest
point of the coast, and further progress became impossible. The southern
slopes were seamed with numerous crevasses, but at a distance the
precise nature of the shores could not be accurately determined."

To this country, which had never before been seen, was given the name of
Wilkes's Land; as it is only just to commemorate the American Exploring
Expedition on the Continent which its leader believed he had discovered
in these seas and which he would have found had Fortune favoured him
with a fair return for his heroic endeavours.

"We steered round on a north-westerly course, and at noon on January 24
were slightly to the north of our position at 5.30 A.M. on the 23rd.
A sounding reached one hundred and seventy fathoms and a muddy bottom.
Environing us were enormous bergs of every kind, one hundred and eighty
to two hundred feet in height. During the afternoon a westerly course
was maintained in clear water until 4 P.M., when the course was altered
to S. 30 degrees W., in the hope of winning through to the land visible
on the southern horizon."

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Ship's tracks in the vicinity of Totten's Land and North's Land

At 8 P.M. the sky was very clear to the southward, and the land could
be traced to a great distance un