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The ' Morning,' having returned from the Antarctic, was 

 purchased from the Government by Mr. Kinnes, and joined the 

 Dundee fleet. Her catch consisted of three Whales, forty-two 

 Walruses, and twenty-four Bears, four of which she brought 

 home alive. The North Atlantic gave her a very rough reception, 

 her return voyage occupying thirty-four days. 



The ' Scotia,' on her first voyage to the north, left the Tay on 

 May 4th, and proceeded to East Greenland, this being the first 

 whaler which has visited these waters since the year 1900, when 

 the ' Balsena ' made an unsuccessful voyage to that region. 

 Saving that she saw two Whales, neither of which, owing to a 

 strong southerly wind rendering the condition of the ice im- 

 possible, she was able to capture, this portion of her voyage was 

 as unsuccessful as that of the ' Balasna ' had been five years ago, 

 and, like her, on July 10th, she proceeded to Davis Strait, rescuing 

 the castaway crew of a Norwegian sealing smack, who had been 

 drifting in two open boats for seventeen days, on the passage. 

 On Sept. 20th she captured her first and only fish, and bore 

 up for home on Oct. 20th, arriving at Dundee on Nov. 9th. 



The ' Windward ' killed two good Whales and thirty-eight 

 Bears, and the ' Diana ' secured two others, having the mis- 

 fortune to lose three ; she visited Lancaster Sound, but saw no 

 signs of the absent Arctic expeditions. 



The ' Active,' as usual, visited Hudson Strait, and returned 

 with a very miscellaneous cargo, consisting of 3 Whales, 20 White 

 Whales, 53 Walruses, 146 Seals, 31 Bears, and 104 Fox-skins, 

 partly collected at the station. The ' Active's ' three Whales 

 were killed by the station boats, but at such a distance that the 

 oil had to be sacrificed ; hence the disparity between her oil, 

 which was only 5% tuns, against 25 cwt. of bone. The Hudson 

 Bay produce also comprised 25 Bears, 15 Seals, and 268 Fox- 

 skins, brought home by the ' Queen Bess.' The ' Snowdrop ' 

 has already been alluded to. The existing winter stations are in 

 Hudson Strait, Pond's Bay, and Cumberland Gulf. 



During the past season more Whales were seen in Davis 

 Strait than usual, and others were observed in localities where 

 they had not hitherto been met with ; this the captains attribute 

 to the early break-up of the ice, and its scattered condition, 

 until the wind from the north-east set in, when it became jammed 



