108 whaxe's bones. 



access; and tlie liunters consequently enter- 

 tain a deep antipathy to " Gamle Eric," and 

 never omit an opportunity of putting a bullet 

 into him, even if in circumstances where 

 they cannot get possession, or make use, of 

 him when dead. 



We hunted round all the open sides of these 

 islands in the boats, then landed and walked 

 up on to the highest part of the islands 

 to see if there was any ice farther up the 

 bay : none was visible from the rocks. 



On the top of one island I found part of a 

 whale's skeleton at an elevation of forty feet 

 or upwards above the sea. The bones were 

 a good deal decayed, and were partly over- 

 grown with moss, as if they had lain there 

 for very many years. 



I shot a small seal, which sank in water 

 about fifteen feet deep, but it being quite 

 clear I managed to fish him up from the 

 bottom by tying the shafts of two harpoons 

 together. Lord David disturbed a bear 

 amongst the rocks, which took to the water 

 without his seeing it; but the man in 

 charge of the boat saw him and called to 

 his Lordship, who then ran back to the boat, 

 pursued the bear, and killed him in the water. 



