ass AVHALE-FISHERY. 



season, and there to persevere in the fishery until the 

 latter end of ^Vpril or heginning of May, by which 

 time the fish at the South-West sometimes retire 

 into the ice or to the northward ; then to follow the 

 whales which go north, and attack them in latitude 

 65° or 66°, where they occasionally make a halt. 

 About the middle of JNlay to proceed up the Straits, 

 try the fishing station in the 69th degree, then the 

 western part of the Straits, when open, in the 70tli 

 or 71st degree, and on the first opening of the ice 

 near Hare Island, to explore the inlets in latitude 

 71° and 72 ^ If considerable success has not, by 

 that time, been obtained, to proceed up Baffin's 

 Bay as the ice clears away, to the farthest navigable 

 point, where a reasonable prospect of success is al- 

 ways offered. The farthest point attained in the 

 month of June will, perhaps, not be above the 72d or 

 73d degree of latitude ; but in the month of July or 

 early in August, the extreme parts of Baffin's Bay 

 will probably be open, and aiiord a productive fish- 

 ing station, should all others fail. Thus, the fish- 

 ery of Davis' Straits may be extended, in one sea- 

 son, during six months, instead of four or five, the 

 usual interval ; and, at all times, with a more than 

 ordinary probability of success. 



At the South-West, in latitude 61° or 62% fish 

 have been killed in the month of July, but only in 

 icy situations, near the Labrador coast. 



In Baffin's Bay, and in the inlets of West-Green- 

 land, the fishejry is conducted under the most favour- 



