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then improving- the opportunities for whaling 
which he met with, made up his cargo at this 
uncommonly early period of the fishery. 
The latter part of this adventurous day (the 
21st of June), together with the day following, we 
spent in cruising about with unremitting perse¬ 
verance among the drift-ice and fioes, which were 
in great quantities around us; but although we saw 
several whales, and ships in all directions about 
us w-ere occasionally making captures, we were 
altogether unsuccessful. 
On the 23d, being Sunday, we rested. We had 
public worship as usual; the weather being calm 
during the service in the forenoon, all hands were 
enabled to attend. The arduous, yet unsuccessful 
labours of the preceding week, rendered repose 
from the busy cares of our profession particularly 
acceptable ; and the melancholy loss of one of our 
number had a solemnizing effect on every mind, 
that was extremely favourable for devotion. As 
my crew were entirely dependent on me for reli¬ 
gious instruction, I thought it my duty to address 
them, with the particular view of improving the 
serious impression evidently made upon them, by 
the awful death of William Carr. He was much 
esteemed by all on board: he was the bosom friend 
of one or two ; the mess-mate and watch-mate of 
many; the kind companion of all. All, therefore. 
