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At 9:30 in the am. - A little North and a Southward
specie either full or side death.
At 10.55 we are opposite the village of Battle
Haven. It is situated on Double Island and lies in
a through open to the east and west. Here is a
chapel, hospital and probably a dozen other houses.
A little to the south of this village is where the
Miranda put in for repairs. This is an ideal region for
a petrographer. The granite is free of dark brown
intrusion of lava.
The region we have just passed by is
described in detail by A.D. Poetsland In the
Bull. American Geographic Society, vol xx
no 4, 1888.
Later in the day we are more out to sea
and the coast cannot be made out in detail;
Many icebergs are stranded along the
coast north of Cape Bluff. The mountains in
this region are less rounded than those further
south and the crest appears strongly mamillated.
Of course this may due to the distance from
shore which I judge to be less than 15 miles
from the ship.
The number of bergs increase the
evening.