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the shackle cut it, but the harpoon and part of the 
line went about ten yards through the fish, it bled 
profusely, and the quantity of oily substance that 
exuded from the wound, brought many mulemacks 
to regale upon its overflowings ; just before the 
fish died it rose, and lay quietly until we approached 
near it ; but from the clumsiness of the man who 
had the harpoon ready to strike it, he missed his 
object, and it sank to rise no more. I, however, 
staid some time in the hope of its re-appearance, 
and despatched the boat that came to my assistance 
in pursuit of two other narwals that I had seen 
lying upon the surface, about a quarter of a mile 
distant; and one of which the crew succeeded in 
capturing. In the dissection of this fish, I had an 
opportunity of collecting from the stomach, speci- 
mens of its favourite food, which I found to be 
shrimps, and the sepia, or ink fish, of the latter 
of which I was enabled to procure some excellent 
specimens before described. On opening the head, 
I found a concealed tooth embedded in the right 
side ; it presented a rough surface, was solid 
throughout, and at the extremity had an irregular 
knob resembling that of a pocket pistol. Seeing 
a great number of narwals playing about, I went 
after them without success, but shot many birds on 
my return to the ship, which was not until past one 
o’clock in the morning, when the sun was exercis- 
ing its greatest influence, and actually burning one 
side of my face, while the opposite was quite chilled ; 
