110 VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEX. 



16th, Got a size fish. While we were made 

 fast to this iceberg, some of the crew had put a 

 piece of blubber to the fire, and, allured by the 

 smell, a very large bear came and put his nose over 

 the gunwale. One of the harpooners shot him ; 

 but a squall coming on, we did not bring the car- 

 cass on board. 



From the 16th to the 21st, we caught four 

 whales, of various sizes. The weather was now 

 getting hazy, as it generally does at this season of 

 the year, and the whales were become more difficult 

 to catch. 



22d, Spoke the Catharina Elizabeth, of Han- 

 over, Captain Schultz, after being a considerable 

 time separated from the rest of the Greenland 

 ships. From her we learned that a French fri- 

 gate, and some smaller vessels, were in the North. 

 This intelligence determined us not to lessen our 

 distance from Spitzbergen, but to shape our course 

 to England by the Feroe Isles. This determina- 

 tion, however, had nearly sent us to a. French 

 port, for the Guerriere was taken off the Feroe 

 Isles on the 19th July, two days after we passed 

 them. 



From the 22d to the 29th, the day on which 

 we set sail for England, we took six whales, 



