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the Palace duly christened " Albert House, of Victoria 

 Town," with three times three hearty cheers. The Ob- 

 servatory also obtained the honour of " Cornwall Lodge." 

 This concluded the ceremony, except that which was per- 

 haps almost as acceptable to the spirited builders, the 

 repetition of the toast at their warm meal in Allsopp's 

 universally applauded " best." 



Out of good evil will oft arise : and thus it happened 

 to some of our zealous and loyal party, who had in- 

 cautiously ventured direct from their warm quarters to 

 participate in this important ceremony, exchanging a 

 temperature of 60 to 23, = 83 of cold. This im- 

 mediately touched fingers and noses, rendering them 

 of that peculiar deadly white known as frost-bite. This 

 affliction has long afforded the old Arctics the privilege 

 of taking their friends by the nose, in order to restore 

 animation. But it has now lapsed into the simple appli- 

 cation of the back of the warm hand, as the more inoffen- 

 sive and approved mode of conveying kind attention. 



Our gale, although not felt by us under the protection 

 of the land within us, evidently blows strong aloft, the 

 temperature rising to 14, and the scud aloft flying 

 rapidly from the south-south-east. On the llth of No- 

 vember it had increased considerably, but still aloft, 

 raising the temperature to 6 ; but the whistling of the 

 breeze, added to the rattling of the frozen ropes about 

 our mastheads and mizentopmast, afforded music suf- 

 ficiently discordant to materially interfere with pleasant 

 dreams. The dryness, as well as lightness, of the ship 

 renders her almost as sonorous as a musical instrument ; 

 and the sounds resulting from pacing the deck, or even 



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