82 SABBATH OBSERVANCE, 



CHAP. VI. 



Sabbath Observance. — Eewarded for ditto. — Our first Bear 

 seen. — Kill him. — Lose the Sloop. — Quantities of Eggs. 

 — Driftwood. — Comes from Siberia. — Cannot be in situ. 

 — Geology of Thousand Islands. — Eed Snow. — Caused 

 by Mute of Alca Alle. — Bear Battue — And its Conse- 

 quences. — Deplorable Effects of smelling Brandy. 



Sunday the I7tli was calm, with heavy banks 

 of fog hanging about. We got an occasional 

 glimpse of the precipitous rocky promontory 

 of Black Point, distant four or five miles. Did 

 not leave the ship, but read Morning Service 

 in the cabin. We never hunt on Sundays, 

 although sometimes the appearance of a fat 

 seal or a troop of walruses floating past is 

 eminently tantalising, and severely tries our 

 respect for the Fourth Commandment. I am 

 sorry to state that the greater part of the seal- 

 ing vessels make little or no distinction be- 

 tween the seventh day and the rest of the 

 week, although some of them compromise with 

 their consciences by refraining from searching 

 for animals with the boats, merely attacking 



