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Cape Horn
CHAPTER I.
Refitting the Ships.—Fossil Trees of Derwent Valley.—Geological Remarks.—Tassman's Peninsula.—Eagle Hawk Neck.—Tesselated Pavement.—Entrecasteaux Channel.—Timber on the Banks of the Huon.—Advantages of Port Arthur.—Mean Level of the Ocean.—Launceston.—Prepare for Sea.—Deviation of the Compass.