WEATHER MILD AND CALM. 9«5 



This novelty, trifling as it was, was sufficient to 

 give a turn to our conversation ; and the eternal 

 inquiries about the wind, and the speculations as 

 to the probable quarter from which it would next 

 come, were for an hour or two suspended ; indeed, 

 there was little to excite us on that subject, 

 for the weather continued very mild and calm, 

 though towards evening it was observed that the 

 ice had opened a little, and what was still more 

 singular, that the ship had a slight undulatory 

 motion. The thermometer during the night did 

 not sink below 32^° + , and early on September 

 12th, finding there was a chance of getting 

 through some lanes in the direction of Cape 

 Comfort, the ship was with infinite trouble 

 warped about half a mile, when the ice again 



Number of front teeth in upper jaw - 6 



Number of canine teeth - 2 



Number of molar do. - 6 



Small teeth between the tusks and molars - 4> 



Front teeth in lower jaw - 6 



Canine (one broken) - 2 



Molars - - 8 



Two small teeth between the canine and molars 2 



Ft. Inch. 



Length of lower tusks - - - 2 



Length of upper tusks - - -0 2^ 



Breadth between the tips of upper tusks - 3^- 



Breadth (supposed) between lower tusks 2^ 



Length of middle fore claw - - 2 



Length of middle hind claw - - 2 



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