xvi Contents. 



Chapter III.— The South-west Fishing. 



Edge of the pack ice, 36 ; Sighting the whales, 37 ; A fruit- 

 less attempt, 38 ; We strike a whale, 39 ; Excitement on 

 board, 40; Pursuing the fish, 41 ; Cheerful anticipations, 

 42 ; Disappointment, 43 ; Superstitions of the crew, 44 ; A 

 fish captured, 45 ; We sight icebergs, 45 ; Attempt to take 

 soundings, 45 ; Effects caused by refraction, 47. 



Chapter IV. — "Flinching" and " Making-off." 



Capture of a whale, 49 ; Preparations for bringing alongside, 

 51; The operation of flinching, 53 ; The whalebone, 54 ; 

 Good effect of the capture, 55 ; Capture of a bear, 56 ; 

 " Making-off," 57 ; Fulmar petrels, 61 ; Surrounded by 

 ice, 62. 



Chafter V. — Navigation of Davis' Straits. 



Icebergs, 63 ; Sir Martin Frobisher's third voyage, 65 ; Dan- 

 gerous navigation, 67 ; Heavy snow showers, 69 ; Remark- 

 able iceberg, 70 ; The captain's " lucky penny," 71 ; The 

 midnight sun, 71 ; Dangerous ice floes, 73 ; Huge icebergs, 

 73 ; Perils of Arctic navigation, 74 ; Crossing the Arctic 

 Circle, 77 ; Letters from England, 78. 



Chapter VI. — Disco. 



Disco, 79 ; Visit to the Inspector, 81 ; An Esquimaux dance, 

 82 ; The settlement of Lievely, 83 ; Native dwelling- 

 places, 85 ; Esquimaux men, 86 ; Women, 86 ; Traditions, 

 87 ; An excursion inland, 89 ; A perilous descent, 91 ; 

 More mishaps, 92 ; Departure from Lievely, 93. 



