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killed without injury to the crews. The bulk of the Whales seen 

 or captured were of good size, some of them very large. 



The ' Balsena,' as already mentioned, was the only whaler in 

 the Greenland Seas. After cruising in the usual resorts of the 

 Whales and seeing only one, which she captured, Capt. Robertson 

 made for the east coast of Greenland in search of Walruses, and 

 there he twice met with the Swedish expedition under Dr. Nath- 

 rost, rendering what aid he was able in the fruitless search for 

 Andr6e. Here ten Musk Oxen were killed, and some valuable 

 explorations made, which will be duly reported by Dr. Nathrost. 

 Finally the ' Balaena ' went round to Davis Strait, where she 

 killed two other fine Whales off Coutts Inlet, making her cargo 

 three Whales, ten Musk Oxen, eleven Bears, three Narwhals, and 

 seven Walrus. 



The * Diana ' was very successful, killing ten Whales, mostly 

 in Lancaster Sound and Coutts Inlet. There was nothing 

 remarkable in her voyage except her success, her cargo con- 

 sisting of ten Whales, seventy-one Walrus, fourteen Bears, 

 twenty- two Seals, and three Narwhals. 



The ' Nova Zembla " also did well at the Davis Strait fishery, 

 returning with eight Whales and nine Bears. 



The ' Eclipse ' left Dundee at the end of April, and killed 

 her first Whale off Disco on the 19th of May. North of Melville 

 Bay Capt. Milne visited an Esquimaux settlement — Tiganrock — 

 obtaining news of Lieut. Peary ; thence she crossed over to 

 Eclipse Sound, which she navigated to its extremity, finding 

 traces of Esquimaux and killing fifteen Reindeer ; but, although 

 she saw a considerable number of Whales, fortune went against 

 her, and she only succeeded in capturing three (one very small), 

 as already mentioned, and reached Dundee on November 14th, 

 experiencing very wild weather on her homeward voyage. 



The ' Esquimaux ' also went to Davis Strait, but I am 

 informed that her voyage was not entirely of a business cha- 

 racter ; as, however, she brought home two Whales, yielding I 

 23 tons of oil and 21 cwt. of bone, in addition to forty Walruses, ' 

 twenty-three Bears, and sundry seals, worth some .£2000, the 

 produce would go a long way towards paying the expenses of the 

 trip. 



Two other vessels left Dundee, the ' Active ' and the ' Polar 



