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quested him to take the charge of one of my guns^ 
supplying him with ammunition, harpoons, and also 
shells and carcases, to be tried upon such active 
and resolute whales, as were dangerous to approach, 
and difhcult to conquer. 
At two o’clock in the morning we met 
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with the Enterprise of Lynn, Captain San- 
derson. As that officer had interested himself deeply 
in my inventions, and had given me much useful in- 
formation on the whale-fishery, I went on board his 
ship, and requested him to take the charge of one 
of my hand-harpoons, to which he readily acceded, 
promising to give it the fullest trial whenever an 
opportunity should offer. On leaving the Enterprise, 
we entered a region of ice, consisting of pieces of 
great magnitude, different from any I had hitherto 
seen. A very intelligent man, the captain of a Bre- 
men ship, came on board, and requested to be in- 
structed in my method of saving persons from ship- 
wreck, To him I gave one of my lectures, detail- 
ing and illustrating the subject, for which he ex- 
pressed himself greatly obliged, and seemed to an- 
ticipate considerable pleasure in disseminating its 
contents in his own country. 
Nothing could exceed the interesting variety which 
this day’s sailing presented. The pieces of ice varied 
in form and size, and as wre passed through the in- 
tricacies between them, the greatest dexterity was 
requisite, to catch the favourable moment at which 
they offered a passage ; and the utmost exertion 
became necessary to get beyond their reach, lest. 
