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INDEX. 



on, i. 42— Evidence of this conclu- 

 sion, i. 43, 45 

 Basques, early whale-tishers, ii. 16 

 Bear, Polar, account of, i. 517 — Affec- 

 tion of, for its young, i. 520 — In- 

 stances of sagacity in, i. 521 — Fero- 

 city of, i. 523 — Seamen killed by, i. 

 524 

 Bear Island discovered by Barentz, i. 



79 

 Behring's Strait, currents in, i. 211 — 



Discovery of, i. (65) 

 Beluga, description of, L 500 

 Biids, Bay of, discovered by Barentz, 

 • i. 80 



Biscayans, expert and early whale- 

 fishers, ii. 16 — Pursued the whales 

 to Iceland and Newfoundland, ii. 17 

 — Assisted other powers in the cap- 

 ture of whales, ii. 26 — Fished them- 

 selves at Spitzbergen, ii. 161 

 Blubber, nature of, i. 460 — Proportion 

 of, to oil, i. 461 — Process of redu- 

 cing into oil, ii. 400 — Proportion of 

 refuse in, ii. 403 

 Boats, whale, description of, ii. 221 — 

 Manner of equipping for the fishery, 

 ii. 232— Sunk by whales, ii. 362— 

 Thrown into the air by the whale, 

 ii. 365 

 Boat-steerers, nature of their office, ii. 



235 

 Boatswain, gull, account of, i. 534 

 Bones of whales, uses of, ii. 434 

 Botany of Spitzbergen, i. (75) 

 Bounty for encouraging the whale- 

 fishery, offered, ii. 72 — Increased, ii. 

 73 — Occasions a revival of the whale- 

 fishery, ii. 75 — Being reduced, pro- 

 duces a depression in the trade, ii. 

 81 — Trade again increases with the 

 increase of the bounty, ii. 82 — Boun- 

 ty reduced, ii. 83, 87 — Rate at pre- 

 sent, ii. 496 



. by the King of Denmark, ii. 



83 



given by the Government of 



Holland, ii. 94 

 Brent goose, mention of, i. 527 

 British whale-fishery, ii. 98— Very suc- 

 cessful in 1814, ii. 121 

 Brodrick, Cape, Jan Mayen, i. 166 

 Buccinum carinatum, notice of, i, 551 

 Burgomaster, (bird) account of, i. 535 



Ca'ing whale, description of, i. 496 

 Cancer ampulla, notice of, i. 542 



boreas, mention of, i. 542 



nugax, notice of, i. 542 



^—— pulex, notice of, i. 542 

 Canis lagopus, remarks on, i, 517 

 Carey Island discovered by Baffin, 1. 88 

 Cellepora pumicosa, notice of, i. 551 

 Cen-us Tarandus, i. 526 

 Cherie Island, description of, i. 152 

 Chidley, Cape, discovered, i.. 78 

 China, first attempts to reach by sea, 



L 2 

 Chiton ruber, notice of, i. 551 

 Christianity introduced into Iceland and 



Greenland, i, 66 

 Chronometer, valuable instrument in 



high latitudes, i. 380 

 Climate of the Arctic Regions, 1. 323 

 — Of Jan Mayen in winter, i. (78> 

 —Of Spitzbergen, i. 137 

 Clio bore;ilis, account of, i. 544 



helicina, remarks on, i. 543 



Clouds of the Polar Regions, i. 419 

 Coal, occurs in Spitzbergen, i. 149 — In 



Cherie Island, i. 153 

 Coal-fish, notice of, i. 540 

 Cockin Sound, i. 89 

 Cold, in the Arctic_ Regions, intense, L 

 329 — Prevents compasses traversing, 

 i. 332 — Remarkable efp2cts of severe 

 cold, i. 334— Effects observed by 

 James in Hudson's Bay, i. 334 — By 

 EUis, ib.— By Middleton, i. 335— 

 By Janzen near Spitzbergen, ib — By 

 Pelham, i. 336 — By seven Dutch 

 seamen, ib. — By Barentz in Nova 

 Zembla, i. 337 — By Egede in Green-, 

 land, i. 337— Morbid effects of cold, 

 i. 338, 340— T-ransition from heat 

 to cold, not dangerous, i. 339 — An- 

 tiseptlcal property of cold, i. 341 — 

 Preserves meat fresh during several 

 months, i. 342 

 Colymbus glacialis, notice of, i. 533 



grylle, remarks on, i. 53!? 



troile, account of, i. 532 



Compass, its traversing affected by cold, 

 i. 332 — Affected by the ironjn ships, 

 iL 376 — Deviation of, productive of 

 great errors in reckoning, ii. 377 — 

 Cause of the anomaly in the varia- 

 tion of, investigated, ii. 537 — Devia- 

 tion of, increases as the magnetic 

 dip increases, ii. 546 — Table of ob- 



