We continued to steer to the south, inclining to the east, till the 18th, when we stood to the south-west with the wind at south-east, being at this time in the latitude of 61° 9ʹ S., longitude 116° 7ʹ W. At ten o’clock in the evening, it fell calm, which continued till two the next morning, when a breeze sprung up at north, which soon after increased to a fresh gale and fixed at N. E. With this we steered south till noon, on the 20th, when, being now in the latitude of 62° 34ʹ S., longitude 116° 24ʹ W., we were again becalmed. In this situation we had two ice islands in sight, one of which seemed to be as large as any we had seen. It could not be less than two hundred feet in height, and terminated in a peak not unlike the cupola of St. Paul’s church. At this time, we had a great westerly swell, which made it improbable that any land should lie between us and the meridian of 133-1/2°, which was our longitude under the latitude we were now in, when we stood to the north. In all this route, we had not seen the least thing that could induce us to think we were ever in the neighbourhood of any land. We had, indeed, frequently seen pieces of sea-weed; but this, I am well assured, is no sign of the vicinity of land; for weed is seen in every part of the ocean. After a few hours’ calm, we got a wind from S. E., but it was very unsettled, and attended with thick snow showers; at length it fixed at S. by E., and we stretched to the east. The wind blew fresh, was piercing cold, and attended with snow and sleet. On the 22d, being in the latitude of 62° 5ʹ S., longitude 112° 24ʹ W., we saw an ice-island, an antarctic peterel, several blue peterels, and some other known birds; but no one thing that gave us the least hopes of finding land.