. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. , expert man, two harpoons in quick succession. The whale,feeling the concussion of the boat and the sharp wounds of theirons in his back, desperately and fiercely struck his flukes about,right and left, with the force of a thousand-horse engine. Thesea became white under his maddened fury. Occasionally the tipof one of his flukes was raised high above the boats side, as ifabout to deal instant destruction to all, and owe a blow cameheavily down. Morgan saved himself by jumping on one side;but the nearest man was struck and knocked down sense
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. , expert man, two harpoons in quick succession. The whale,feeling the concussion of the boat and the sharp wounds of theirons in his back, desperately and fiercely struck his flukes about,right and left, with the force of a thousand-horse engine. Thesea became white under his maddened fury. Occasionally the tipof one of his flukes was raised high above the boats side, as ifabout to deal instant destruction to all, and owe a blow cameheavily down. Morgan saved himself by jumping on one side;but the nearest man was struck and knocked down boats mast was lifted from the step, and the sail thrown inthe water, but, fortunately, the boat itself escaped huge monster expended most of his power in lashing thewater, and then sounded—that is, dived into the depths returning to the surface he was met by lances, which causedthe usual spouting of blood, and then followed the death-stroke,which made the whale a prize to the daring seamen who had at-tacked OO-lll-kN, OC WOMENS liOAT. THE ANVIL. 451 CHAPTER XXIX. The Anvil.—Preparations for returning Home.—Excursion to Bayard Taylor Pass.—Hard Climbing.—An extensive View.—The Ice Pack in Daviss Strait.—A rapid Descent.—Return to the Ship.—Startling Announcement of Captain B . —Another Winter in the Ice.—General Gloom.—A bitter Disappointment.—Howto live and keep Warm.—Innuit Simplicity regarding Money—Authors Prop-osition concerning Stores. The events tbat followed my return to the ship on Thursday,October 10th, 1861, were similar to those that I have already re-lated. We all naturally wished to get away and proceed on thevoyage home; ice had begun to form, and we felt that the timewas now come for our departure, if we meant to leave that a few days passed on, during which several of our friends,the Innuits, who had been at different places hunting and sealing,returned. Among them were Ugarng, Artar
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