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about the beginning or middle of that month. In the 

 latter part of the summer, after the whalers have departed, 

 it is usually quite clear of ice, and, in the months of 

 August and September, the numbers of whales that re- 

 sort to this bay, on their return to the southward, are re- 

 presented to be incredible. Tlie Waygat Sound, in the 

 latter season, is also frequently open, and more certainly 

 after an easterly or north-easterly wind has been for some 

 time blowing, and is, in such case, a safe and commodious 

 way for vessels to proceed northward. The Mallegat Sound, 

 between Hare Island and Disko, is not safe, on account 

 of the dangerous rocks which lie numerously near the 

 land on both sides. North-east Bay, and Jacob's Bay, or 

 Bight, as it is sometimes called, are principal retreats 

 for the whale, which in some years is killed there in great 

 number. Bergy Bay, to the northward of Jacob's Bay, 

 is dangerous on account of the great number of ice bergs, 

 which are carried in thither by a strong current running 

 constantly round the point called Black Hook, and are 

 there shoaled, and remain in their positions for years. 

 -Black Hook is a low bluff head, with table summit, 

 from which circumstance it is easily distinguished. For 

 the remaining parts of the coast northward, I beg leave 

 to refer to the second part of my Journal. 



From South-east Bay, many passages to the interior 

 waters oC Greenland are known to exist : but from many 



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