The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-06
COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY NOVEMBER g. 1851

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ing confined 50 long on board vessel 6lled
with civilized people; their appetites are
very voracious, eating at one meal as much as
would satisfy three common American dogs.
Their appearance at first sight reminds one
of the wolf, having similar head, mouth
and cars; their feet and tail are also similar
to a prairie wolf, but the eyes are brighter
and have moro intelligent expression Of
the term may be used) than the wolf or any
otheranilnalof the kind. Their size is near
er that Of small, well-set bulldog, and We
ny heavy One of them on board the Ad-
vance Ga felnale) has long straight hair, of a
brownish white, tail the same; another (male)
on the back and sides, and head, is black,
and the other parts the same as the female,
but the hair is shorter. They are very
strong, and we witnessed one Of them
break good sized cord which he was tied with
without appearing to exert himself much in
the effort.
A horn of a north whale presents quite a
novel feature in the collection These whales
have horns extending from the top Of their
heads forward, varying in length from one to
tece2re feet, are very straight, and grooved as
| if by art in spiral form. The groove is raised
about the eight of an inch, winding towards
the points, and it is avery formidable means
of defence The one brought home is about
five feet in length, and two inches in diane
ter at the butt end, and running to point al
the other These whales, which are very
plenty, are spotted, and about the size Of a
humpbackcd whale A white whale with
green back were seen in large numbers, thous-
ands in school,
Many whaling ships were seen near AIelvill's
Bay In this bay many whale-ships arc
wrecked every season. One captain was seen
who had been wrecked three times in one day
75o 30 north latitude; in the first place los
ing his own vesael, and barely escaping Will
his life to another, and another, which Werg
successfully wrecked the same day.
Snow WATER.-This remarkable produe
ton was actually discovered on Crimson.
Cliffs, Beverly, Greenland, lat 76o g. IS
a distance, the tops Of The cliffs appeared t
be deep red eolor,a as though thewhole sur
face of the snow was the same, but upon
nearer approach it was discovered to be. scat
tered about to mere drops, and was only
light scum. When melted it still retainct
f itscolor, as it doesatthe prcscnttime. Their
seems to be no accounting for this singula
t phenomenon.
An iceberg was assembled, and thc heigh
: measured by the dropping Of lead bali, (no
avery accurate way, however, v which wa
! timed, and the height judged to be thre
s hundred feet above water. If (his is correc
:, it must have extended undeS water gre;
! distance. It was assembled With great diff
a Guilty, being very steep, and necessary to cl
5 foot hold for every step. Ik the ascent L
= Lowell fell down, caused by 4 mishap, abo,
: one hundred feet, and whelisb picked hin
b self up found that he was rsiderably bru;
IS cd hy the operation.
I8ssFrfs
# zen. up in the ice, the men and officers prac
J Used cyerJ dayin drawingthe sledges, as Tho
Y were expecting every hour almost to ha
D. their vessel crushed and their only means
r escape was to travel by ice across Bafir
$ Bay to The nearest port, Uppernavia, d
" Ftance Of between two and three hnndr
re miles Two sledges of provisions, enou:
le for thirty days full rations, were all tn
j. could be taken along, and these were Ike
le loaded and iii readiness the whole time,
y start at q moments warning. The men al
ID had their knapsacks packed ready for mo,
Ten miles day is all the distance that c
S be made in day with a slcdgc-thc ice |
f. ing very uneven, and covered in many plac
d with deep snow and frightful creyices.
l. For the amusenentof the men, and to
n cupy their time, theatrical company VI
h formed, and performed nightly large al
IN fence, using the deck Of the Advance Al
,e theatre, it being housed IN One event
j. during the performance, the mercury stood
On 46o below zero, and the average during
Is day was 90. Yet they did not suffer fri
oof the cold.