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CHAPTER X.
The term-day observations and absolute determinations were completed by the 4th of September, and being desirous to obtain a series of experiments in the vicinity of Cape Horn, strictly comparative with those arranged to be made at Port Louis in our absence, and similar to those we had made during the preceding winters, in situations favourable for comparison with the Van Diemen's Land observatory, preparations were made for the departure of the ships.