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The Greenland whale fishery, - ■ -^ - 412 
The polar Bear, 414 
^- l^ms of His Majesty's- ship Phoenix, off the Island 
of Cuba, in the year nsa, ^ - - -418 
Shipwreck of the Jonge Thomas, at the Cape of 
Good Hope, June 2, 1773, - - - - 431 
Polar Ice, 434 
The Maelstrom, 439 
Captain Ross' narrative of his late Arctic expedition, 442 
Shipwreck of the Albion Packet, - - - 447 
Explosion of the steam boat Helen M'Gregor, at 
Memphis, Tennessee, Feb. 24, 1830, - - 453 
Explosion of the steam boat iEtna, in New York 
Harbor, May 15, 1824, 457* 
Conflagration of the steam boat Phoenix, on Lake 
Champlain, September 5, 1819, - - - 461 
Blowing up of the steam frigate Fulton, at the Navy 
Yard, Brooklyn, June 4, 1829, - - - 464 
Explosion of the steam boat New England, at Es- 
sex, Connecticut River, October 9, 1833, - 470 
Capture of the Guerriere, ----- 478 
Capture of the Macedonian, . . • - 480 
Capture of the Java, ------ 482 
Battle of Lake Erie, 484 
