102 VOYAGE TO SPITSBERGEN. 



Dr. Colquhoun gives the following statement of 

 the value of the whale-bone and whale-oil imported 

 into Great Britain in the following years : 



1805 £663,535 



6 608,206 



7 521,240 



8 ........ . 544,567 



9 500,715 



10 566,967 



24th, Latitude at midnight, by observation, 

 81° 12' 4:2". Longitude, as near as our incorrect 

 instruments would permit ascertaining, 12° 42' E. 

 Sea pretty clear of ice, with a considerable swell. 



25th and 26'th, Continued cruizing near the ice 

 in search of whales, and were fortunate enough to 

 capture three, two of which were size fish. 



28th, Latitude, by observation, 81° 50'. Sea 

 almost quite clear of ice, with a great swell ; wea- 

 ther serene. Had our object been the making of 

 discoveries, there was not apparently any thing to 

 have prevented us from going a good way farther 

 to the north ; at least we did not perceive any 

 large fields of ice in that direction ; though it is 

 more than probable we should have very soon 

 fallen in with them. We were a little farther 

 north than Captain Phipps, who ran a great risk 

 of being locked up entirely by the ice. He was, 



