"But these appear insignificant when compared with a body of ice reputed to have been passed by twenty-one ships during the months of December, 1854, and January, February, March, and April, 1855, floating in the South Atlantic from Lat 44 deg. S., Long. 28 deg. W., to Lat. 40 deg. S., Long. 20 deg. W. Its elevation in no case exceeded 300 feet. The first account of it was received from the _Great Britain_, which in December, 1854, was reported to have steamed 50 miles along the outer side of the longer shank." One ship was lost upon it: others embayed. THE END.