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such as puffin, caulterneb, and Greenland parrot, 
(Alea Arctica, Lin.) Of these names, however, 1 
believe the first is that by which it is most generally 
known. Whilst close to the iceberg above men- 
tioned, we sounded in two hundred fathoms, white 
sand. The object for sounding was to determine 
whether the berg was aground, and the conclusion 
was that it was not, for its height was estimated to be 
only about fifty feet above the surface of the water. 
Thursday, 24th. —I have omitted to mention an- 
other species of the feathered tribe that was seen 
yesterday, for the first time this summer ; it is called, 
from the whiteness of its plumage, the ivory gull, 
(Larus Eburneus, Lin.) Although this name is very 
appropriate, inasmuch as it characterizes the colour 
of the plumage of those specimens that are to be 
seen in ornithological collections, yet it is far from 
being descriptive of the whiteness of their garb 
when alive, which certainly equals, in the purity of 
its colour, new-fallen snow. 
Friday, 25th. — We have made very little progress 
to-day, having fallen in again with the ice, which 
is so closely packed to the westward, that it is im- 
possible to force through it; a great number of ice- 
bergs have also been in sight the whole day, one of 
which appeared to be very large, both with respect 
to its height and extent. [wo Greenland, or black 
whales (Balena Mysticetus, Lin.) were seen this 
morning for the first time; and I understand that 
two white bears (Ursus Maritimus, Lin.) were seen 
on a piece of ice this afternoon, by the Griper’s 
people. 
Saturday, 26th. — We have been since four o’clock 
yesterday afternoon closely beset with the ice in 
