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butt, and freed itself at the same time from the two harpoons : 
at last it quitted the vessel, and it was seen to spout blood at a 
distance of nearly 100 alen (about 70 yards), but it then turned 
back again for a charge at the steamer, which could not get 
away, as both the rudder and propeller were rendered useless by 
the first collision, and struck the steamer this time at the bow, 
without, however, causing damage. After this the Whale was 
not seen, and the ‘ Vardohus’ was next day towed in by one of 
her colleagues to Vardé, where eight days were passed before the 
ship was again in a condition to take the sea. 
‘In the month of July the steamer ‘ Fiskeren,’ belonging to 
the ‘Laurvig’ Whaling Company, was damaged in the same 
manner, likewise by a Common Rorqual, and had to go to 
Tromsé to have the injury repaired; and finally, in the month 
of August, the steamer ‘ Pasvig,’ belonging to the Whaling 
Company of the same name, was charged by a Whale, which 
struck her amidships, close by the engine-room, and with such 
force that three iron buckets were broken, several iron bolts were 
loosened, and the plates were deeply dented. Fortunately the 
steamer’s injury was so high out of the water that she did not 
fill with water, as in all probability would have been the case if 
the injury had been situated under the water-line.” 
I have the following few alterations and additions to make to 
the table of the different companies and their takes in 1884, 
published in ‘ The Zoologist ’ for 1885, p. 148 :—- 
S. Foyn himself managed his factory at Béle (on Sérden) in 
1884. Since then the Vadsé factory has remained closed, and 
Bull has managed Béle, while Foyn conducted his new establish- 
ment at Mehavn. The Kiberg Company only had one whaler 
last year. Sylte Fjord Company should have been called the 
Bergen Whaling Company, M. A. Selliken, manager, Foden 
being the captain of the whaler ‘Skytten.’ She took 10 Blue, 
8 Fin, 0 Rudolphi’s, 7 Humpbacks ; and this total (25) includes 
one Whale found dead. This season the establishment is Capt. 
Selliken’s own. The other establishment in Sylte Fjord (Dahl’s, 
who is now dead), took 8 Blue, 5 Fin, 0 Rudolphi’s, 10 Hump- 
backs; total 23. At Tu Fjord, the name of the manager is 
Andreasen. 
The alterations in the spelling of the Russian factories are 
according to the latest local fashions. ‘‘E” at the commencement 
