28 MEET OUR CONSORT, 



ing tlie Russian huts we saw a small sloop, 

 whicli hoisted the flag of Norway and Sweden, 

 and which we soon made out to be the " Anna 

 Louisa." She had been driven a good deal to 

 the east during the gale on the 1st and 2nd, 

 and had not met with any great quantity of 

 ice, except amongst the Thousand Islands, but 

 several small vessels were hunting, or, as they 

 call it, " fishing," to the eastward. Our men 

 had only seen two walruses, but they had killed 

 four seals, and these formed the commence- 

 ment of a cargo, which afterwards swelled to 

 goodly proportions. 



Our people were of opinion that our best 

 chance of sport lay to the north-east of the 

 Thousand Islands, where there are extensive 

 submarine banks, much affected by the walrus 

 but as we were very reluctant to exchange the 

 comfortable cabins of the *' Ginevra " for the 

 narrow and odoriferous bunks of the " Anna 

 Louisa," we decided on keeping in company 

 as long as the ice would permit the former to 

 get through; but although we lowered the 

 " Ginevra' s " main-topsail, brailed up the 

 foresail, and tacked up the mainsail, we had 

 still some difficulty in keeping the yacht from 

 running out of sight of her lubberly consort. 



