14 Kindness received in Dundee. 



manager pulls the stroke oar, and it is his province, 

 with the boat-steerer, to see the lines coiled away 

 clear, and to attend them when running out, after a 

 fish has been struck. 



Having thus given a short account of the interior 

 economy of a whaler, I will, in the following chap- 

 ters, endeavour to describe the cruise of the good 

 ship " Arctic/' during her seventh trip to Baffin's 

 Bay, in search of that great and unwieldy ceta- 

 cean for whose capture so many bold seamen 

 annually penetrate the mysterious regions of the 

 North. 



During my short stay in Dundee, whilst negotia- 

 ting the terms of my passage, I was most hospi- 

 tably entertained by several of the leading citizens 

 of that prosperous town, amongst the most promi- 

 nent of whom I cannot refrain from mentioning the 

 names of ex-Provost Yeaman, 1 Mr. MdNTaughten 

 the Dean of Guild, anc^ Mr. David Bruce, the 

 manager and agent of most of the vessels com- 

 prising the Dundee whaling fleet. From these 

 gentlemen I received the utmost attention, and was 

 treated with the greatest kindness and courtesy, 

 which rendered my stay in their town both agree- 

 able and pleasant. 



1 On my return it was with great pleasure I heard thai 

 during my absence tins gentleman had been elected by a large 

 majority to represent the town of Dundee in Parliament. 



