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A WHALING-VESSEL. 



internally. Angle-irons on each side of the stem are so 

 placed as to protect the fore -foot from injury by the 

 driving ice, while they also act as rams or spurs, assist- 

 ing it to break through the smaller and thinner floes. 



IN MKLVILLE BAY. 



The average length is about 150 feet , the extreme breadth 

 30 feet. The tonnage varies from 300 to 450 ; the engines 

 have a horse-power of 50 to 70 ; and each vessel carries 

 6 to 8 boats. The numerical strength of the crew 

 depends on the number of boats ; the object being that 



