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II. 



TEMPERATURE OF THE SEA. 



With regard to the temperature of the sea at 

 depths below the surface, we had few opportuni- 

 ties of making these observations until we reach, 

 ed the 79° parallel of latitude, but between that 

 and 80 degrees we had a series of results, which 

 were very satisfactory, and fully confirmed Mr. 

 Scoresby's observations, which showed a small 

 increase of temperature with an increase of depth. 

 The following- is Mr. Scoresby's Table, to which 

 I subjoin a short Table of these results, for the 

 sake of comparison. 



TABLE III. 



Showing the Temperatures of the Sea at the surface, and at 

 various depths, from Mr. Scoresby's observations. 



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