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Prince Regent Inlet. 



Life on board a whaler, though occasionally en- 

 livened by a little excitement, is after all rather 

 weary and monotonous when confined to an area of 

 a few miles in extent to cruise about in, especially 

 when one's thoughts are always on the unexplored 

 regions of the far north. At present our captain's 

 great idea, should the whales be scarce in Baffin's 

 Bay, is to push up Prince Regent Inlet into the 

 Gulf of Boothia, that in his opinion being the great 

 resort and breeding-place of the mysticete. Little 

 is known of that interesting locality, no whaler hav- 

 ing as yet had the enterprise to navigate its waters. 

 The whale ships, as a rule, unless commanded by 

 some dashing and energetic man, invariably fish 

 upon the old ground, and seldom leave the beaten 

 track. 



Eglinton Inlet — a favourite resort of the whalers 

 in Davis' Straits. 



