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GREENLAND VOYAGE. 
The sun exhibited a curious appearance at set¬ 
ting. A little before the lower limb had descended 
to the horizon, it became suddenly elongated 
downwards, in the form of a prodigious balloon of 
fire ; and what added to this similarity, was its 
intersection, horizontally, with two or three streaks 
of black cloud, resembling belts. This appear¬ 
ance occurred when the sun was directly in a line 
with Inisterhol, which not only eclipsed the light 
upon this island, but emblazoned it with the most 
splendid luminary in our system. 
Sunday, 1 5th of September .—The wind con¬ 
tinuing at SE., and blowing fresh with hard 
squalls, we made but small progress, having only 
gained about twelve miles in four-and-twenty 
hours. At 10 a. M. we tacked within two miles 
of the magnificent basaltic promontory, Bengore 
Head; but before sun-set we were driven, by 
the ebb-tide, several miles to leeward. 
We had Divine Sendee as usual. It is a little 
remarkable, that, during the whole of the voyage, 
no circumstance ever occurred to prevent us en¬ 
gaging in public worship on the Sabbath day: in 
a few instances, the hour of worship could not 
exactly be kept; but opportunity was always 
found, of having each of the services in succession, 
on the plan adopted at the commencement of the 
voyage. It is also worthy of observation, that in 
