CHAPTER. V.

Mrscellancous rejlections—The coast of Greenland— Upernavik—News of
the “ Pole Star” —Midnight-day—Scientific facts and Sfairy-like scenes—
Lom Sinyleton’s opinion of poor old women—In danger of a squceze—
Escape.

N pursuance of his original intention, Captain Guy
now proceeded through Davis’ Straits into
Baffin’s Bay, at the head of which he intended to
search for the vessel of his friend Captain Ellice,
and afterwards prosecute the whale-fishery. Off the
coast of Greenland many whalers were seen actively
engaged in warfare with the giants of the Polar Seas,
and to several of these Captain Guy spoke, in the
faint hope of gleaning some information as to the fate
of the Pole Star, but without success. It was now
apparent to the crew of the Dolphin that they were
engaged as much on a searching as a whaling expedi-
tion; and the fact that the commander of the lost
vessel was the father of “young Mr. Fred,” as they
styled our hero, induced them to take a deep interest
in the success of their undertaking.
This interest was further increased by the graphic
account that honest John Buzzby gave of the death of
poor Mrs. Ellice, and the enthusiastic way in which he