SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.--French sailing vessels making port from around
Cape Horn hold the record for sighting huge icebergs. The French bark
Eugenie Fautrel, from Hamburg, reported that on September 14, near Cape
Horn, a berg seven miles long and 300 feet high was seen several miles
distant on the port bow. Now comes the French bark Anne De Bretagne,
164 days from Cardiff, and reports that she not only saw a berg 300
feet high and eight miles long, but she had to sheer off to keep from
wrecking herself against it.
It was seen on September 3, and after passing through a great mass of
ice, the Bretagne suddenly came within sight of the giant, harmless
enough in appearance through the soft mist, but with terribly jagged
comers, and a breadth of front that made the Frenchmen quail.