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but that navigator stated t. ti,r writer OF this
that he coastcd II continent the distance oi
- degreea--bcgi ginning II deg. u min. West
lougitude; and lying III O. deg. 81 min $
latitude. His suppusition "as. that tins Ian.
must extend a. far West as 20 or I3D dc =,
OF longitude.


The chart before us delincates Il coneid.
cradle extent Of land between - and - W
tbe NotthCas crnmost palt Oi which 1t dcsig-
mates as Louis Philippe Land, having been
seen by the French voyager D'UrviI!c, in
10 -, and the S;ouhwesterumos part as E.a-
ham Land, which was partially explored by
HE English Captain Discoe, IN 1882 The
iormcr agrees eAnciy ~ position with the
land discovered by the .A'ncri"an Captain
Palmer. III lH.l.-1: and IS, Of cour,.o, the
same. CAPTAIN Morrci! probably saw tlis
iaad. but places this land further ,r the
Southward Dut what nave all thcsr dis
Covcr,cs, or rrc.disCoverleS. 10 d. VIII these
Of Captain Wilkes, Go East, or 20 West,
they are IS to 100 degrees of longitude from
the nearest land seen by him; and between
the two continents. if such we call them,
Capt. Weddell, in Jan. 1923, penetrated to
lat. "A 30, without seeing land, being the
highest Southern latitude ever attained by
nan. All the indications and ar aogies are


hat the land known as Pamcr's Land, or
Louis Philippe Land and Graham Land, l.
distinct and disconnected with the Continen nj
discovered and coastcd by Captain Wilkes


The former bears about the same relation tc


he American Contncnt as the latter docs
TO the Eastern Continent


From the above statement il appears. be-
,l.,. 81,
mcnsc line Of coast seen by Captain Wilkes
was ever before seen by human eyes, save
that ON the same 1911 Of Janua,U, when he
first deserted it, the French expedition under
Commod"re D'Urvie, also deserted it al,
Il point ~ degrees further West This CO.
incidence Of time is very remarkable; and il
would fairly and equally divide the glory Of
the discovery, were il not that the French
expedition were compelled by stress o.!
weather to put off for thc Northward, after
seeing but small cXten; of shore, whereas
Captain Wilkes saw it at various places
through 56 degrees of longitude.


The land seen by Capt. Biscoe (l82D in
long a. 30 to 53 T.. (as marked on the chart
before US and by him called Euderby s
Land and the land seen by Kemp, (i833)
in long 90 50 to 60 East, may, or may not
be parts of the great Antarctic Continent
But whether they are or not, is a matter
about which Capt. Wilkes has no concern,
except as a matter Of geographical science
In either case, he, and he only, has estab-
lShed the fact of the existence of great
Antarctic Continent in the Eastern Hemis-
phere. lie alone, and his gallant officers
and crew, have seen it in numerous places,
and coasted along it through 5o degrees of
longitude. 1t is Il discovery, or series of
discoveries, honorable to himself and the
Navy-honorabe to science and the Amcri-
can name.-M Y. Jounol cf Commerce.