
THE ZOOLOGIST. 
THIRD SERIES. 
Vou. XIII.) FEBRUARY, 1889. [No. 146. 
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NOTES ON A VOYAGE TO THE GREENLAND SEA 
IN 1888. 
By Ropert Gray. 
(Continued from p. 9.) 
May 21.—Lat. 79° 16’, long. 4° 46’ E. Temperature at the 
surface, 30°; water slightly green. The wind fresh from the 
westward, blowing the young ice away from the floes, a narrow 
intermediate strip of water being formed, along which we sailed 
in a south-westerly direction. In the morning a small Green- 
land Whale passed near the ship, going N.N.W. towards a, well- 
known part of the whaling-grounds, at present covered with ice. 
Mysticetus, when on a passage, is not to be mistaken. With the 
upper jaw above water and the back just covered, the animal 
while at the surface moves steadily along; a slight disturbance 
of the surface-water, in the form of a series of circles, breaking 
out in its rear, marking the action of the caudal fin. 
May 24.—Lat. 78° 54’, long. 1° W. Water slightly green; 
temperature at the surface, 29°. Experienced a slight swell 
from the southward in the morning, which broke up at the 
“floes” in the vicinity ; on proceeding to the westward, however, 
we lost it, being sheltered by a point of ice to the southward. 
A large Whale appeared near the ship at night, evidently 
feeding. 
May 25.—Lat. 78°21’, long. 2° W. Water green, but clear ; 
temperature at the surface, 29°. Cruised under canvas in a small 
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