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to assist us, the whole duty of killing the whale fell 

 to us. Chester (an old whaler) used the lance in a 

 masterly manner. I was not sorry to return on 

 board and get some dry clothing. The captain was 

 much relieved at seeing us safe, for he had been 

 very anxious after having seen the doctor and me 

 in the water. We soon had our friend alongside, 

 and by midnight his blubber was on board. Three 

 or four more such fish will fill us. The number of 

 whales seen here reminds me of Parry's visit to 

 Regent's Inlet, and of his remarking on the numer- 

 ous fish that were seen. He then predicted that at 

 no distant period it would undoubtedly become a 

 rendezvous for our whalers, when the fishery in 

 Baffin's Bay began to fail, as whales will always in 

 course of time leave a place where they continue 

 year after year to be molested. Parry gave a very 

 exact description of Neill's Harbour, thinking the 

 day would come when our ships would find it of 



1 He savs : — "I have been thus particular in describing 

 Neill's Harbour, because I am of opinion that at no very dis- 

 tant date whalers may find it of service." . . . . " Prince 

 Regent's Inlet will probably become a rendezvous for our 

 ships, as well on account of the numerous fish to be found 

 there, as the facility with which any ship having once crossed 

 Baffin's Bay is sure to reach it during the months of July and 

 August. We saw nine or ten black Avhales the evening of 

 our arrival in Neills Harbour." — Parry's Third Voyage. 



