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visit from even such a small man-of-war as the 

 Griper. The women are fair and pretty, and dress 

 much like our own ; remote from the civilized world, 

 they are untainted by either its vices or its wants. 

 Morality and religion strictly predominate ; and 

 deviations from either are rare. Mr. Crowe, an 

 English merchant, who acts as consul, resides here, 

 and paid the visiters much attention. The latitude 

 70° 40'; the dip of the needle 77° 40'. 



On the 23rd June, Captain Sabine having finished 

 his observations, the Griper put to sea the same 

 evening ; on the 27th fell in with the first ice off 

 Cherry Island, in lat. 75° 5', a gale of wind then 

 blowing ; saw Spitzbergen in the evening, and 

 fell in with a great number of walruses. On 

 the 30th rounded Hakluyt's Headland, anchored 

 abreast of a small island, one of the inner Norweys, 

 and the same on which Captain Phipps made his 

 observations in 1773 ; disembarked the tents and 

 instruments, and sent parties on shore to erect them. 

 Two rein-deer and a walrus were killed on the 

 neighbouring island of Vogel Sang. From hence 

 Commander Clavering determined to push as far 

 to the northward as he could, while Captain Sabine 

 was carrying on his pendulum observations ; leaving 

 here for his assistance a party of six men under the 

 command of Mr. Foster, and Mr. Rowland, assist- 

 ant-surgeon, together with his launch, and six 

 months' provisions and fuel, to carry them to Ham- 



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