An item reported the arrival in England of the commandeur Dixon 15 whales returning from Greenland and Atkins 7 whales returning from Davis Strait. Dixon stated that the Blessing homeport London and Neptune homeport Leith were lost in the ice. Atkins said that 21 British whalers caught 34 whales in Davis Strait and that another 29 British ships were empty.
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