J)ANGERS OF THE FISHERY. ANECDOTES. SCl 



to their extreme mortificatioii they discovered, that 

 in consequence of some oars being thrown towards 

 tlieir floating comrade, and others being broken 

 or unshipped by the blow from the fish, one oar 

 only remained ; with which, owing to the force of 

 the wind, they tried in vain to approach him. A 

 considerable period elapsed, before any boat from 

 the ship could afford him assistance, though the 

 men strained every nerve for the purpose. At 

 length, when they reached him, he was found with 

 his arms stretched over an oar, almost deprived of 

 sensation. On his arrival at the ship, he was in a 

 deplorable condition. His clothes were frozen like 

 mail, and his hair constituted a helmet of ice. He 

 was immediately conveyed into the cabin, his clothes 

 taken ofl', his limbs and body dried and well rubbed, 

 and a cordial administered to him which he drank. 

 A dry shirt and stockings were then put upon him, 

 and he was laid in the captain's bed. After 

 a few hours sleep he awoke, and appeared consi- 

 derably restored, but complained of a painful sen- 

 sation of cold. He was, therefore, removed to his 

 own hirthy and one of his messmates ordered to lie 

 on each side of him, whereby the diminished cir- 

 culation of the blood was accelerated, and the ani- 

 mal heat restored. The shock on liis constitution, 

 however, was greater than Vvas anticipated. He re- 

 covered in the course of a few days, so as to be able 

 to engage in liis ordinal y pursuits ; but many 



