CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



First Trip to Spitzbergen in 1858. — Find Schooner Yacht 

 and light Gigs unsuitable. — Determine to go again in 

 1859. — Hire a suitable Vessel and Crew, and build two 

 Boats. — Lord David Kennedy agrees to accompany me. 



— Contested Election delays oiu- starting. — Eesidt of 

 Poll unfortunate alike for Walruses and Constituency. — 

 Preliminary Trip to Guernsey. — Sail fi-om Leith. — 

 Steamer a little out in her Reckoning. — Dreadful Famine 

 in Lerwick. — Gale. — Namsen Fiord and River. — Salmon 

 Fishing. — Terry's Breech-loading Rifles . . Page 1 



CHAP. IL 



Hammerfest. — The " Anna Louisa." — Dr. de Jongh. — 

 Norwegian Grouse. — Sail for Spitzbergen. — Shark Fishery. 



— Bear or Cherie Island. — Multitudes of Sea-fowl. — 

 Sight Sjiitzbergen. — Post Office. — Wybe Jan's Water. — 

 Meet the Ice. — Brig Nordby. — Captain Ericson. — Dis- 

 astrous Sj)ring-fishing. — Empress of India. — Loss of a 

 Telescope, and a Man's Life — Boy-wah-us. — Thick Ice. — 

 Meet the Sloop, and sail in company to the East. — Shift 

 our Flag, and send the Yacht to Bell Sound . . .12 



CHAP. HI. 



Preparations. — Description of a Wah'us-boat, and Im- 

 plements used. — Harpoons. — Lances. — The Haak- 



