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meters, all of which are given in the Appendix, 

 with an account of the Borealian Quadrupeds and 

 Birds by Dr. Richardson, of Botany by Professor 

 Hooker, and of Zoophytes by Dr. Fleming. And 

 it is but justice to all the officers to say that they 

 most willingly and cordially followed the example 

 of their excellent, intelligent, and indefatigable 

 Commander, in their regularity and attention 

 requisite for making the various observations.* 



It will readily be imagined with what anxiety, 

 in the early part of the year, the re-appearance of 

 the sun was looked for. Some, by ascending a 

 high hill, got a glimpse of him on the 2nd Feb- 

 ruary ; on the 15th he was visible at the Observa- 

 tory ; and at the ships on the 22nd ; " after an 

 absence of one hundred and twenty-one days." 

 But it is a long time after the sun's re-appearance 

 that the effect of his rays, as to warmth, becomes 

 perceptible : week after week passes over with 

 scarcely any rise in the thermometer, except for 

 an hour or two during the day. In this year Parry 

 says the thermometer did not rise above zero till 

 the 11th April, having remained below that point 

 of the scale for one hundred and thirty-one succes- 

 sive days ; but he mentions this as the only instance 

 of the kind he had ever known. 



* An account will be given at the close of this chapter of 

 the several subjects contained in the Appendix, and of the officers 

 employed upon them. 



