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Conclusion. 



brought to England. I trust lie will reap the 

 reward of his own exertions, whilst chief of the 

 scientific department on board the " Polaris." 



I have also to thank Dr. Soutar, the surgeon of 

 the " Ravenscraig," for his valuable assistance in 

 the illustration of this work. 



If I have succeeded in interesting my readers 

 in this attempt to depict life on board a whale-ship 

 engaged in the fishery in Baffin's Bay, and the 

 perils and dangers incidental to that occupation, 

 and have also excited some little interest regarding 

 those regions which McClintock, Osborn, and others 

 of Arctic renown, have already so ably described, I 

 shall feel myself amply rewarded. 



^S^^K 



Arctic Fox. 



