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-bv a single blow of a wbale's tail, and otber fishers 

 have received dangerous wounds. But as I am not 

 in possession of so many of the particulars of these 

 circumstances as to be able to give them in the nar- 

 rative form, this description of accidents must pass 

 without any particular illustration. 



Injuries sustained by Entanglements of the 

 Lines. — One of the crew of the John of Greenock, 

 who was in a fast-boat, in the fishery of 1818, un- 

 fortunately slipped his foot through a coil of line 

 in the act of running out, which drew him forward 

 to the boat's stem, and separated his foot by the 

 ancle. He was conveyed by the first boat to the 

 ship, where the assistance of several surgeons being 

 procured, tlic lower part of the leg was cut off. 

 After this, the poor fellow having received the 

 most unremitting attention from Captain Jackson, 

 with the best sustenance and accommodation the 

 ship could afford, was restored to health, and his 

 wound in a great measure healed, before the con- 

 clusion of the voyage. It is worthy of being remark- 

 ed, that the captain and crew of the John subscribed 

 upwards of 24 /. for his relief, which was increased 

 by the owners of the ship, and others, on arrival, to 

 about 37 /. This sum was placed in the '' Provi. 

 dent Bank," at Greenock, from whence he was per- 

 mitted to draw it, after the rate of 7 s. per week. 



A harpooner belonging to the Henrietta of Whit- 

 by, when engaged in lancing a whale, into whicli 



