Chapter III. 



THE SOUTH-WEST FISHING. 



EURSDAY, May lhth.—In the fore- 

 noon the ice-blink, which is a light 

 whitish tint along the horizon, pro- 

 claiming the immediate vicinity of ice, 

 was plainly visible. Several large icebergs were 

 passed, one of which was of enormous dimensions. 

 We estimated its length to be at least a mile, and 

 its height between two and three hundred feet. 

 When first seen, I was under the impression it was 

 land distant about seventy miles off, and it was 

 some little time before I was convinced that it 

 was really and truly an island of ice. 



Shortly after noon we arrived at the edge of a 

 large and compact stream of pack ice, and seeing 

 clear water beyond, the ship was pushed in. The 

 ice, however, was found to be of a heavier descrip- 

 tion than was anticipated ; in fact, as the captain 



