IN THE DRIFT-ICE OFF THE COAST OF GREENLAND. 23 



Vexed at the loss of his quarry, Bay turned back, and on his 

 homeward way was so unlucky as to fall into the water up to 

 his waist. This unexpected ducking did not seem to have incon- 

 venienced him in the least ; on the contrary, he was in high good- 

 humour, and I have since found by experience that he is never 



' GAMMELGULEN,' ' LASSE,' ' SVABTFLEKKEN,' ' BASEN.' 



in better spirits than when now and again he takes an unusually 

 cold, impromptu bath such as this. 



Towards evening of the first day, the fine weather of the last 

 few days came to an end. Fog came rolling in upon us thick and 

 damp, and we lay still several days in sleet and wet snow, waiting 

 impatiently for a favourable opportunity to get on northwards. 

 Up to August 12, conditions were altogether unchanged, except that 

 some slight jamming of the ice had made it still closer and more 



