A Voyage Towards the South Pole, Performed in the Years 1822-1824: Containing an Examination of the Antarctic Sea ... and a Visit to Tierra Del Fuego with a Particular Account of the InhabitantsLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827 - 324 páginas |
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Página 137 - till the end of June, when some young males come up and go off alternately. They continue to do this for six or seven weeks, and the shores are then again abandoned till the end of August, when a herd of small young seals of both sexes come on shore for about five or six
Página 139 - The quantity of seals taken off these islands, by vessels from different parts, during the years 1821 and 1822, may be computed at 320,000, and the quantity of sea-elephant oil, at 940 tons. This valuable animal, the fur-seal, might, by a law similar to that which restrains fishermen in the size of the mesh of their net, have been spared to render annually 100,000
Página 132 - None of the islands afford any vegetation, save a short straggling grass, which is found in very small patches, in places where there happens to be a little soil. This, together with a moss, similar to that which is found in Iceland, appears in the middle of January, at which time the islands are partially clear of snow.
Página 138 - Shetland seals were first visited, they had no apprehension of danger, from meeting men ; in fact, they would lie still while their neighbours were killed, and skinned; but latterly they had acquired habits for counteracting danger, by placing themselves on rocks, from which they could, in a moment, precipitate themselves into the water. The agility of
Página 312 - of the side of the ship on which the sun shone was heated to the temperature of 90° or 100°, and the pitch about the bends became fluid. Thus, while on one side there was uncommon warmth, on the opposite was intense freezing.
Página 38 - colder by 10 degrees of latitude than the northern, would be equal to 84° 15' north,) I found a sea perfectly clear of field ice; whereas in the latitude of 61° 30', about 100 miles from the land, I was 13
Página 138 - years. I have estimated the female seal to be in general at its full growth within four years, but possibly the male seal is much longer, very likely five or six years ; and some, which I have contrasted with others of the same size, could not, from their very old appearance, be less than thirty years.
Página 132 - within 200 yards, I observed smoke issuing through the fissures of the rock, and apparently with much force. The figure of this island is nearly round; and it is about one-eighth of a mile in diameter, and
Página 14 - prevailing winds are between these points, this place may well be recommended to stop at for a few days. The winds are seldom from South East and generally light; and, the tide running strong across the entrance of the bay, the sea, during strong SE winds, is a good deal cut off. As this anchorage is the most easy of access 12
Página 311 - or 4° below zero, and at 8 AM it was + 6° ; and, at 10, about 14° in the shade. But the genial influence of the sun was still more striking; in a sheltered air it produced the feeling of warmth ; the black paint