We named it, after our ship, Trevelyan Peak, and then felt anxious to lose sight of it forever.

But the calm continued, and at length we drifted in close enough to see immense flocks of seals dotting the ice at the foot of the peak.
Upon this I proposed to Agnew, the second mate, that we should go ashore, shoot some seals, and bring them back.

This was partly for the excitement of the hunt, and partly for the honor of landing in a place never before trodden by the foot of man.

Captain Bennet made some objections, but he was old and cautious, and we were young and venturesome, so we laughed away his scruples and set forth.

We did not take any of the crew, owing to the captain's objections.