Xll CONTENTS. 



Walrus. — His probable Reminiscences. — Coal and Fossils. — 

 Commander Gillies' Land. — Northeast Spitzbergen. — Bear 

 shot from the Deck of the Sloop Page 159 



CHAPTER XH. 



Walruses leave the Banks and go upon Land. — Vast Herds 

 ashore. — Frightful Massacre. — Just Retribution. — Cargo of 

 Bones. — Beautiful Day and sudden Change. — Early north- 

 ern Voyagers. — Scoresby's Opinion. — Open Polar Basin a 

 mere Chimera. — Dr. Kane. — North Pole. — Scheme for reach- 

 ing the Pole. — Parry's Sledge Expedition, and why it fail- 

 ed. — Alexei MarkhofPs Expedition, and his difficult Re- 

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CHAPTER Xm. 



Whales' Bones. — Rapid Elevation of the Land. — Early Whale- 

 fishery. — Shallowing of the Sea. — Trench plowed by an Ice- 

 berg. — Last Day at the Sea-horses. — Successful Stalk and 

 double Shot. — Lose two Harpoons. — Very bad Luck. — Dif- 

 ficulty of shooting Walruses. — Gale. — Wrecks in Spitz- 

 bergen. — Insurance. — Kill a White Whale. — Description of 

 the same. — Sail to the Rendezvous 185 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Smeerenberg, or Blubber Town. — Agremens of ditto. — Dis- 

 covery of Spitzbergen. — Barentz. — Whale-fishery. — At- 

 tempts to colonize the Country, and to make it a penal Set- 

 tlement. — They fail. — The West Indies versus Spitzbergen. 

 — Russian Robinson Crusoes. — Wintering Establishment. 

 — How conducted. — Awful Mortality. — Final Tragedy. — 

 Death of eighteen Men from Scurvy and Hunger. — Ingeo- 

 ious Counter-irritant. — Russian Bath. — Cricket. — Boats 

 sewed together. — Post-office. — Signs of Deer. — Kill three 

 Geese with Ball. — Find the "Ginevra," and change into 

 her. — Nautical Nimrods. — Amusing Walrus-hunt. — Gun 

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