FLEET OF SEALERS. 
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•anxious to learn if we had “ commenced to give Jona¬ 
than his deserts ? ” 
Standing again away to the north, we were on the 
13th of June once again in the midst of our friends the 
seals; but as there was a brisk gale blowing we all stood 
on our course together, without a thought of the “ point 
onds,” as this kind of weather offered no inducement 
for even a temporary halt, and we consoled ourselves 
with the reflection that the first fine warm day will 
tempt them to rest themselves on the ice again. Next 
day two herds of narwhale, going north, also came in 
sight, and shortly after a chance of picking up a 
white whale presented itself, but it came to nothing. 
These whales were going towards the east. We content 
ourselves with an examination of the ships in sight, as 
we have letters for the Eclipse , and are anxious to fall 
in with her captain. 
We learned from the Flora the news of the ill- 
success of the fleet up among the north-west ice for 
the season, and beyond one luckier than the rest, who 
had three whales, sport had been very bad. The 
Flora had not, owing to her being in the hands of 
German owners, gone out the previous season, for fear 
of the French cruisers. 
We had but small returns of sport up to the 20th, 
when we entered upon a scene of difficulty and some 
