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112.--1845?--Near Bergen? Norway.--Some fishermen.

113.--1845.--Between Bergen and Sogn, Norway.--Mr. J. D. MORRIES STIRLING, and two other gentlemen.

114.--1845 or 1846, Summer.--Camp’s Bay, near Cape Town.--Mr. G. D. BRUNETTE, Mr. CHARLES A. FAIRBRIDGE.

115.--1845, July 28.--Romsdale fjord, Norway.--Mr. J. C. LUND, Mr. G. S. KROCH, CHRISTIAN FLANG and JOHN ELGENSES.

117.--1846, August 8.--Between the islands of Sartor Leer and Tös, and in Bjornfjord, near Bergen, Norway.--Several persons, DANIEL SALOMONSON, his wife INGEBORG, ABRAHAM ABRAHAMSEN HAGENOES.

118.--1848, August 6.--Lat. 24° 44′ S., long 9° 22′ E., between the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena.--Mr. SARTORIS, midshipman, Lieutenant EDGAR DRUMMOND, Captain PETER M’QUHAE, Mr. WILLIAM BARRETT, master, and most of the officers and crew of H. M. S. Daedalus.

119.--1848?--The Gulf of California.--Captain the Hon. GEORGE HOPE.

120.--1848, December 31.--Lat. 41° 13′ N., long. 12° 31′ W., west of Oporto.--An officer of H. M. S. Plumper.

121.--1849, February 18.--Off the south point of Cumberland Island, about twelve miles from the St. John’s bar, Florida.--Captain ADAMS, of the schooner Lucy and Nancy, and the crew and passengers of it.

122.--1849, May 30.--South of Australia, between 40° and 45° S. lat., and 110° and 145° W. long.--Captain EDWARDS, of the Alpha, Mr. THOMSON, Mr. GEORGE PARK.

123.--1849, September 15.--Indian Ocean, between lat. 10° and 20° S., and long. 50° and 70° E.--An officer of H. M. S. Cleopatra.

124.--1850?--Between Iceland and the Far Öer.--Captain CRISTMAS.

125.--1853?--Fjords of Norway.

126.--1854, September 4.--Lat. 38° S., long. 13° E.--The Brig Albeona.

127.--1855, August?--Off St. Helena.--A Captain.

128.--1856, March 30.--Lat 29° 11′ N., long. 34° 26′ W.--Mr. J. H. STATHAM, Captain JAMES GUY, of the Imogen, Mr. JULIAN B. HARRIES, Mr. D. J. WILLIAMSON.

129.--1856, July 8.--Lat. 34° 56′ S., long. 18° 41′ E.--Captain A. K. W. Tremearne of the ship Princess, Captain MORGAN, of the ship Senator.

130.--1857, February 16.--In Table Bay, Cape Town.--Dr. BICCARD, his wife, daughter and two sons, Mr. MURRAY and Mr. HALL.

131.--1857, December 12.--North east end of St. Helena distant 10 miles.--Captain GEORGE HENRY HARRINGTON, of the ship Castilian, WILLIAM DAVIES, chief officer, EDWARD WHEELER, second officer.

132.--1858, January 26.--Lat. 19° 10′ S., long. 10° 6′ W., between the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena.--Captain SUCKLING of the Carnatic, Captain SHUTTLEWORTH.

133.--1861? August, on a Sunday.--Nahant?--Dr. AMOS BINNEY, and above a hundred persons.

134.--1861? August, the following Monday.--Nahant? from the piazza of the hôtel.

135.--1863, May 16.--Between the Isles of Canary and the Cape Verde Isles.--Mr. JOHN CHAPPLE, Rev. Mr. SMITH, on board the Screw Steamer Athenian.

136.--1871.--Near the coast of Australia.--A second officer.

137.--1872, August 20.--The Sound of Sleat between the Isle of Skye and the west coast of Scotland, and between Eigg and the mainland.--Rev. JOHN MACRAY, Minister of Glenelg, Rev. DAVID TWOPENY, Vicar of Stockbury, two ladies, F. and K., a gentleman, G. B., and a Highland lad, on board the cutter Leda; also a Lady at Duisdale, in Skye.

138.--1872, August 21.--On the north side of the opening of Loch Hourn, west coast of Scotland, and in the same Strait of Kylerhea, dividing Skye from the mainland.--The same witnesses as of n^o. 137; the ferrymen on each side of Kylerhea, FINLAY MACRAE, and other people.

139.--1872, August 23.--In the entrance of Lochduich.--ALEXANDER MACMILLAN and his brother FARQUHAR.

140.--1872, August 24.--In the same locality.--The same witnesses.

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