182 thp: tjde-kegister. 



has not, at any time, reached the freezing point, and 

 the ice on which the snow rests is over three feet 

 thick. There would appear to be a sort of an osmotic 

 action taking place. Snow is now beginning to Hill, 

 and, as usual, it is very light and beautifully and reg- 

 ularly crystalized. The depth of snow which has 

 fallen up to this time is 15^ inches. 



November 13th. 



Worse and worse. The temperature has risen again, 

 and the roof over the upper deck gives us once more 

 a worse than tropic shower. The snow next the ice 

 grows more slushy, and this I am more than ever 23nz- 

 zled to understand, since I have found to-day that the 

 ice, two feet below the surface, has a temperature of 

 20° ; at the surface it is 19°, and the snow in contact 

 with it is 18°. The water is 29°. 



The darkness is not yet quite absolute. With some 

 difficulty I can still see to read ordinary print at noon. 



November 14th. 



The wind has been blowing for nearly twenty-four 

 hours from the northeast, and yet the temperature 

 holds on as before. At 10 o'clock this evening it was 

 4^°. I have done with speculation. A warm wind 

 from the mer de glacc^ and this boundless reservoir of 

 Greenland frost, makes mischief with my theories, as 

 facts have heretofore done with the theories of wiser 

 men. As Ions: as the wind came from the sea I could 

 find some excuse for the unseasonable warmth. 



I have rigged a new tide-register to-day, with the 

 aid of McCormick, my man of all ingenious v/ork. If 

 it prove as effective as it is simple, I shall have a good 

 registry of the Port Foulke tides. It is hwi a liglit 



