488 WHALE-FISHERY. 



I may add, in conclusion, that the whole of my 

 crew, excepting one individual, returned from this 

 adventurous and trying voyage in safety ; and, in 

 general, in a good state of health. Several of the 

 men, indeed, were affected, more or less, by the ex- 

 cessive fatigue, and by the painful exposure to cold 

 and damp while resting on the ice ; but all of them 

 were, in a great measure, restored, before our arrival 

 at home, excepting one man ; he, poor fellow, being 

 of a weak constitution, suffered severely from the 

 inclement exposure, and died soon after he arrived 

 in port. 



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