186 WHALE-FISHERY. 



the period when the whales have usually made theii" 

 final retreat from the old fishing stations, it will iu 

 future be extended to the end of August at least ; 

 and it may ultimately appear, that there will be 

 little danger of ships being permanently frozen up, 

 unless previously beset in the ice, during any part of 

 the month of September. 



