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governor, Avhich is also built of wood, is in a sheltered 

 situation. There is also a large building reserved as a 

 store-house for the fishing implements, and for the other 



wing all around : colymbus troile sometimes seen, also a numerous 

 train of anas mollissinia : three very large sized balaena physalus, 

 passed with their usual speed, followed by a busy herd of delphi- 

 nus leucas : the blast of the finner could be distinctly heard five or 

 six seconds after its visible elevation : this evening nine natives put 

 off from the Western Islands, and came alongside the ship to traffick : 

 after some hours' stay, dining which time a young man showed his 

 skill in striking a loom, they departed : they were very different from 

 each other in features, but were all evidently of the aljoriginal race : 

 a seal happening to appear near one, he instantly pursued the animal, 

 and the others sat watching his success, and, upon his striking his 

 object, which he did with great address, the rest paddled hastily to 

 his assistance, but the seal escaped. 



May 29 : ther. 36°, i6°, 31° : wind E., fresh breeze : atmosphere 

 clear and cloudless : Disko dipping in the horizon : some whales have 

 been seen in S W. of Fish Bay: sea water deep brown, with a 

 greenish tinge : wherever the water appears of this colour, it is 

 considered the whale's feeding-place : a brilliant j^arhelion seen at a 

 little before midnight. 



May 30 : ther. 30°, 48°, 32° : wind E., light breeze : a swell 

 from S.W. : cirrus and cirrocunudus, the former in beautiful variety: 

 the ice blink remarkably oppressive this day, being a dull, milky, 

 but powerful light : a blubber whale killed this day measured up- 



