98 NOETH-EASTERLl GALE. 



CHAP. VII. 



Nortli-east Gale. — Bears' Grease. — Errors in the Charts. — 

 Geology. — Limestone. — Coal. — Creation of subalpine 

 Hats.— Deeva Bay. — "Fast" Ice. — Bear's Mode of 

 catching Seals. — Whale's Bones. — Glen-Turritt. — Large 

 Extent of fixed Ice. — Many Seals shot. — Become my own 

 Harpooner. — Glacier with detached Moraine. 



We now attempted to beat to the N.E. against 

 both wind and current, with the intention of 

 resuming our cruising ground near Ryk Yse 

 Islands ; but in the afternoon the wind increased 

 a good deal, and the barometer gave indications 

 of an approaching gale, so our people advised 

 that we should remain amongst the islands, as 

 they said the gale of N.E. wind, which was 

 evidently coming on, would bring down plenty of 

 ice to where we were. We accordingly changed 

 our course, and ran before the wind to another 

 group of islands about twenty-five miles dis- 

 tant, where we anchored under the lee of the 

 islands, and rode out the gale in tolerable com- 

 'fort. It blew very hard during the night. 



