47. South Atlantic Ocean. 
Bee Berg;s. 
Large numbers of lee bergs and detached 
masses of ice having been fallen in with in 
the months of September and November 1869 
by vessels homeward bound round Cape Horn; 
— extending in the 42 d meridian of West 
longitude as far north as the parallel of 42 J 
South latitude: it is recommended that vessels 
taking this route should sight, or pass a mo 
derate distance eastward of the Falkland is 
lands, and should not steer eastward of a 
N. E. by N. course (true) until northward of 
the parallel of 40 . 
By a reference to the Admiralty Ice chart 
of the Southern Hemisphere (No. 1241) it will 
be seen that Ice bergs and drift ice have been 
met with in the months of March and April 
between the meridians of 20 and 25 West 
as far north as 40', and as it appears that 
exceptionally large quantities of ice are now 
adrift in the South Atlantic, vessels bound 
eastward round the Cape of Good Hope are 
cautioned acc<n*d ingly. 
(Not. to mar. No. 7. 22d January.) 
IH. Indian Ocean. 
Information has been received from Cap 
tain Croudace of the ship Corona, of the 
existence of shoal water in a part of the In 
dian Ocean about 57 leagues to the south 
west of Sandal-wood island, over which the 
ship passed on her passage from Foochow 
to London on October 1 st, I860. 
A series of good astronomical observations 
taken immediately after the ship had passed 
over the shoal, places it in lat. 12 26 S., 
long, lltf 4<V 3" E.; the shoal was obser 
ved to be circular, and not more than an 
eighth of a mile in diameter, the bottom with 
several fish was distinctly seen. No soundings 
were obtained, but it is considered that a 
probable depth of 10 fathoms existed in the 
ship’s tack. 
(Hydrographic Notice. N.. 2. 15th January.) 
Siiö-ntlanttfdjrr Ceran. 
tÿiebcrflc. 
^n C'en 'Diensten èertember unb fftoMmber i\^. 
lmb Ven um liât fient heimfebretiben ¿hiffeu 
cir irefie Snjabl lïtibetge unb abgefonberte (Sie 
nne icfeben tretben, treibe fiefa unter 42 ÏBeft- 
lange Sterben bis 42; 2üb.Streite erftrccften. 
S« ift bnber «ebiffen, bie biefen îlieg nehmen, 
anjurathen, bie galflanb Unfein in 3icbt in laufen 
eher boeb nur in mäßigem 9Ibftanbe im Cften i 
pafnren unb nicht eher üftlicber ai« N o z X cu 
fteuern, bi? fie fié auf 4n (2üb< Steile befinben. 
9!aé ben Eingaben ber fitèfavte ber tubliéen 
fiaibfugel fpmmen Stéberge unb ireibet« im Dtärj 
unb 'ilprit jn-iféen 20 : unb 2.4 iBeft - Öänge ron 
(Sreentt'ié bi? 5um Sreitenparallel Pen 4u 2üb 
ber unb ba e« ben 3lnféein bat, baji gegenntärtig 
au§ergetpöbnlicb piel iii« im 2üb Sltiantiféen 
Sceau treibt, fp irerben aué bie um« ISap fer 
guten fipffnung gebenben 2éiffe hierauf aufmerf. 
[am gemaét. 
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auf her tKcife pen neeheie nach Venben am 
1 Cftober t. im v 4nbiichen Crean, Veague« 
*171 ¿ceineilen) S4V pen 2anbatooob ^«ianb, 
über eine flache ¿lebe gefemmen fein, gelplbet ift 
jeboch nicht irerben. Stach Schüttung betrug bie 
ffiaffertiefe in her iftäbe be? ¿chiffe? ln ,4aben. 
Unmittelbar barauf trurbe burch gute u'ferne, 
mifebe 'i^eebachtungen bie 'Jage her Untiefe auf 
12 26 2üb• 'Breite unb IIS 4n} Cftl'änge 
pon (Sreentpih feftgeuclJ; fic fchien freiefermig 
unb nur J Seemeile im X'urhmeüer grpR cu fein 
Ser Dteeresgrunt mit perf.tiebenen .xifchen baratt* 
fennte genau unwühieben teerfen.