VOYAGE 



TO 



SPITZBERGEN; 



CONTAINING AN 



Account of tjjat Cauntrg, 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGY OF THE NORTH ; OF THE SHETLAND ISLES ; 

 AND OF THE WHALE FISHERY. 



WITH AN APPENDIX, 



CONTAINING 



An Historical Account of the Dutch, English, and Ame- 

 rican Whale Fisheries; some Important Observations 

 on the Variation of the Compass, &c. ; and some Ex- 

 tracts from Mr. Scoresby's Paper on " Polar Ice." 



BY JOHN LjAING, 



SURGEON'. 



A NEW EDITION. 



EDINBURGH: 

 PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR. 



1825. 



