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boats were sent away in chase of a whale, and the 

 captain kindly letting me have the dingy, I landed, 

 accompanied by Chester and the two doctors, on 

 the north-west point, and succeeded in getting 

 some sights, though the altitude was so low as to 

 compel me to lie flat down and close to my horizon. 

 We afterwards collected a few botanical and geo- 

 logical specimens, and shot a few birds, the doctor 

 having promised me some lessons in skinning them. 

 Sunday, July 20tli. — Sunday always seems an 

 eventful day with us, and this has been unusually 

 so. At seven this morning, off the mouth of Ad- 

 miralty Inlet, we met the " Narwhal," the captain 

 of which kindly sent us a couple of " Dundee Ad- 

 vertisers," one of which had an account of the 

 rescue of the remaining portion of the crew of the 

 " Polaris." Luck still remains with us, for having, 

 in company with the " Narwhal," made fast to the 

 land-ice stretching across the inlet, a fish was seen 

 close to the latter vessel, when boats were instantly 

 sent away in pursuit. Before long a chance pre- 

 sented itself, the harpoonecr of the ' ' Narwhal's " 

 boat fired, and the cry of " A fall ! a fall ! " told us 

 they were fast. By some unaccountable accident, 

 probably the harpoon drew, or it was not securely 

 embedded in the blubber; however, the fish was 

 again loose, and rose not far from one of our boats, 

 two of which were " on the bran." We saw Harky 

 rise to his gun, and heard the report, but instead 



