[187] The writer’s uncle, John Markham, was an acting Lieutenant on board the Andromache, and he made a copy of Mr Bransfield’s first chart. There are 21 names on it.
[188] Mr Fanning wrote Voyages round the World, containing reports of the voyages of Pendleton and Palmer.
[189] At Pendulum Cove in King George’s Island.
[190] Kendall wrote an account of Deception Island in the first volume of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society.
[191] The name Australia had not then come into use.
[192] The present writer was personally acquainted with Admiral Bird, Lieutenant Phillips, Mr Tucker, Dr McCormick, Sir Joseph Hooker, Dr Lyall, Admiral Moore, Captain Davis, and Mr Abernethy.
[193] Rossbank Observatory was in latitude 42° 52′ 27″ S. and longitude 147° 27′ 30″ E., 205 feet above the sea.
[194] Gauss’s position was 66° S. and 146° E. Scott’s observations gave 72° 51′ S. and 156° 25′ E.
[195] On January 31st there was “an unaccountable decrease of variation from 96° E. to 77° E., and then an increase of 16°. Ross formed the opinion that they had passed one of those extraordinary magnetic points first observed during Sir Edward Parry’s second voyage, near the eastern entrance of Hecla and Fury Strait.” Sir James Ross, Voyage to the Southern Seas, 1, 229.
[196] Sir Joseph Hooker told me that Sir James was not only an accurate observer, but also a good collector, taking the deepest interest in the geological and biological researches.