PET CHORA 475 



sick feels himself verging on the debateable land and 

 keeps a horizontal position as much as possible. x\ll our 

 resolves of doing work on board have therefore for the 

 present fallen through. 



Our course now is due west, and in the evening we 

 passed about twenty miles to the north of Kolguev, with 

 still misty weather, and at night were opposite the 

 entrance to the White Sea. 



Pomarine Skuas were seen close to the ship. 



Our speed averaged ^\ knots, and was sometimes as 

 much as 6 knots. 



August 6. 



On Friday, the 6th of August, our course was W.^N., 

 and not a great distance off the North Cape. Our voyage 

 so far was a very speedy one. 



August 7. 



On Saturday, the 7th of August, our course was west, 

 and at 12 noon we were far to the west along opposite 

 the coast of Eussian Finland, 35° 35' E. long, and 70° 45' 

 N. lat. The sun was bright and the sky cloudless, and at 

 12 the Captain took the necessary observation. 



Numbers of whales were seen, probably the large 

 Sibbald's Korqual, which is the species principally cap- 

 tured on the coast of Bussian Finland. 



I shot an Arctic Tern just over the top of the mainmast, 

 but it missed the deck by about a foot, falling between 

 the side and the mainsail. 



August 8. 

 From this point our voyage was a tedious tale — much 

 tacking to get round the North Cape against contrary 

 winds, beating down the outside of the Loffoden Isles, of 

 which we had ample opportunity to get a characteristic 

 outline sketch. 



