Dangerous Position of the " Narwhal." 167 



since we saw them off Cape Byarn Martin, whence 

 they had drifted to the southward of Cape Bowen. 

 The " Narwhal " fared badly, having received some 

 very severe nips; indeed, at one time there was 

 little prospect of saving the ship, the floes having 

 been squeezed and pressed up on each side as 

 high as the gunwale, so that they were enabled 

 to walk straight out on the ice. Provisions 

 and men's bags had been landed on the floe, toge- 

 ther with the boats, and during four days they 

 were hourly expecting to witness the total destruc- 

 tion of their ship. All this time was of course a 

 dead loss to them as regards fishing. There was 

 a very nasty tumble of a sea last night, which has 

 now subsided, though, in consequence of a dense 

 fog, nothing is distinguishable. 



Looms. 



