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Contents. 



The whaling fleet boset, 145 ; A disappointment, 146 ; 

 State of the ship, 147; Another "fall" called, 148; Kill- 

 ing a whale, 149; Monotony of whale fishing, 150. 



Chapter XI. — Lancaster Sound and Barrow Strait. 



Esquimaux seen, 152 ; Off Navy Board Inlet, 152 ; Arctic 

 birds, 152; White whales, 154; Another "fish," 155; A 

 narrow escape, 156; Off Port Leopold, 156 ; Rough 

 weather, 158; A pleasant change, 158; Sour grapes, 159; 

 I am appointed boat-steerer, 160; Awkward predicament, 

 161; Towed by a whale, 162; In Barrow Strait, 163; A 

 whale run down, 164; A tale from Frobisher, 164; Dirt 

 of the ship, 165 ; Dangerous position of the " Narwhal," 

 167. 



Chapter XII. — Port Leopold. 



Cape Seppings, 169; Port Leopold, 170; Sir James Ross's 

 expedition, 170; Kennedy's expedition, 170; McClintock, 

 170; Records, 171; The graves at Port Leopold, 173; 

 Good sport, 175 ; Poetry by Sir John Ross, 176 ; View of 

 Beechey Island, 176 ; Sir James Ross's house, 177 ; State 

 of the provisions, 177; My first fast fish, 179; Towmg a 

 dead whale, 180 ; Condition of ship and boats, 181 ; Volun- 

 teers for an Arctic expedition, 181. 



Chapter XIIL— The "Polaris" Expedition. 



Meet the " Ravenscraig," 183; Crew of the "Polaris," 184; 

 Boats' crews received on board the " Ravenscraig," 1 85 ; 

 Half the crew received in the "Arctic," 186; Captain 

 Hall, 187; The other officers, 187; Dr. Bessels, 187; Re- 

 markable run of the "Polaris," 188; Ice at the farthest 

 northern point, 189 ; Discoveries, 190 ; Tidal observations, 

 191 ; Inhabitants of the far north, 191 ; Drift of the ice, 



