184 TEMPERATURES. [CHAP.1V. 



with the dipping needle, on account of the time 

 necessary for completing the set. But the same 

 difficulty did not apply to Fox's instrument, with 

 which the dip had been observed November 1 6th 

 1836, in latitude 65° 10' N., and longitude 83° 17' 

 W. to be 87° 14', and the intensity 5S° 22'. And on 

 January 6th, off the ridded Cliff, the same instru- 

 ment gave the dip 87° 3', and intensity 58° 21'. 



It may be remembered that I spoke of an ex- 

 traordinary oozing of water alongside, for which 

 no satisfactory reason could be assigned. This had 

 now ceased, but not before the following experi- 

 ment was tried by Messrs. Stanley and Mould. 



The temperature of the air was 9° — , and of 

 the water in the fire-hole 17° 5 + , while that 

 from the hole alongside was only 1° 5 + . 



A li ounce vial filled with boiled snow water 

 filtered through lint, weighed, independently of 

 the vial, at a temperature of 5 1° + . 734. 75 grains. 

 The same quantity of water from the hole along- 

 side weighed 799. 25 grains. 



The weather now became gloomy and overcast, 

 with a variable wind, which, after flitting round 

 the compass, at last remained for a time steady 

 at S. E. The necessary consequence was, that 

 we were driven slowly along shore to the west- 

 ward ; for no long time however, for the fickle 

 element soon veered again. Our attention was 

 now chiefly directed to the sick, who though 



