APPENDIX. 143 



" Some of the better sort of people at Hamraer- 

 fest, possessed a few cows and sheep. The cows 

 were not larger than a bull-dog, and the sheep like 

 a good tom-cat. 



t( The female beauty of this place had sufficient 

 attraction to induce the gentlemen of the Princess 

 Carolina and Sybyll to give them a ball and sup- 

 per. The invitation was quite general, and the 

 whole went off with great eclat. 



" Most of the Russian agents and merchants 

 spoke the English language ; but they were by no 

 means anxious to communicate information which 

 they thought might, one day or other, ruin their 

 commercial pursuits. It was only when they got a 

 good dinner, and plenty of wine, that any thing 

 particular could be drawn from them. 



" The Sybyll and Princess Carolina sailed from 

 the Downs on the 6th of May, and on the 18th of 

 August arrived in Long Hope Sound. Our high- 

 est latitude was 78° 16', where we saw many of 

 the Greenland ships. We sailed as far east as 

 32° 44', and experienced one continued series of 

 good weather. The thermometer never was below 

 26° in the night, and seldom above 44° in the day, 

 with the exception of the time we were at Ham- 

 merfest." 



