The same year, the expedition of the French captain Dumont d'Urville, which started in 1838, discovered Adelie Land in 66 deg.

30' latitude and 38 deg.

21' east longitude, and Clarie Coast in 64 deg.

30' and 129 deg.
54'.

Their campaign having ended with these important discoveries, the _Astrolabe_ and the _Zelee_ left the Antarctic Ocean and returned to Hobart Town.
None of these ships, then, were in those waters; so that, when our nutshell _Paracuta_ was "alone on a lone, lone sea" beyond the ice-barrier, we were bound to believe that it was no longer possible we could be saved.
We were fifteen hundred miles away from the nearest land, and winter was a month old! Hurliguerly himself was obliged to acknowledge the last fortunate chance upon which he had counted failed us.
On the 6th of April we were at the end of our resources; the sea began to threaten, the boat seemed likely to be swallowed up in the angry waves.
"A ship!" cried the boatswain, and on the instant we made out a vessel about four miles to the north-east, beneath the mist which had suddenly risen.
Signals were made, signals were perceived; the ship lowered her largest boat and sent it to our rescue.
This ship was the _Tasman_, an American three-master, from Charlestown, where we were received with eager welcome and cordiality.