Arthur Pym and Dirk Peters were well treated on board the English schooner _Jane_. In a fortnight, having recovered from the effects of their sufferings, they remembered them no more. With alternations of fine and bad weather the _Jane_ sighted Prince Edward's Island on the 13th of October, then the Crozet Islands, and afterwards the Kerguelens, which I had left eleven days ago. Three weeks were employed in chasing sea-calves; these furnished the _Jane_ with a goodly cargo. It was during this time that the captain of the _Jane_ buried the bottle in which his namesake of the _Halbrane_ claimed to have found a letter containing William Guy's announcement of his intention to visit the austral seas. On the 12th of November, the schooner left the Kerguelens, and after a brief stay at Tristan d'Acunha she sailed to reconnoitre the Auroras in 35° 15' of south latitude, and 37° 38' of west longitude. But these islands were not to be found, and she did not find them. On the 12th of December the _Jane_ headed towards the Antarctic pole. On the 26th, the first icebergs came in sight beyond the seventy-third degree. From the 1st to the 14th of January, 1828, the movements were difficult, the polar circle was passed in the midst of ice-floes, the icebergs' point was doubled and the ship sailed on the surface of an open sea--the famous open sea where the temperature is 47° Fahrenheit, and the water is 34°. Edgar Poe, every one will allow, gives free rein to his fancy at this point. No navigator had ever reached latitudes so high--not even James Weddell of the British Navy, who did not get beyond the seventy-fourth parallel in 1822. But the achievement of the _Jane_, although difficult of belief, is trifling in comparison with the succeeding incidents which Arthur Pym, or rather Edgar Poe, relates with simple earnestness. In fact he entertained no doubt of reaching the pole itself. In the first place, not a single iceberg is to be seen on this fantastic sea. Innumerable flocks of birds skim its surface, among them is a pelican which is shot. On a floating piece of ice is a bear of the Arctic species and of gigantic size. At last land is signalled. It is an island of a league in circumference, to which the name of Bennet Islet was given, in honour of the captain's partner in the ownership of the _Jane_. Naturally, in proportion as the schooner sailed southwards the variation of the compass became less, while the temperature became milder, with a sky always clear and a uniform northerly breeze. Needless to add that in that latitude and in the month of January there was no darkness. The _Jane_ pursued her adventurous course, until, on the 18th of January, land was sighted in latitude 83° 20' and longitude 43° 5'. This proved to be an island belonging to a numerous group scattered about in a westerly direction.