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simple fastening of thongs. Every thing was exceedingly 

 neat : their outer dress is water proof. 



The appearance of the land to the southward of Cape 

 Monkchese and about Queen Anne's Cape, Avhich Avas seen 

 by us on the 1st of May, is generally that of uniform, sharp, 

 angular eminences. Nothing but barren rock constitutes 



Apiil 4 : ther. 42°, 34°, 32°: wind W.S.W., fresh gale : the storm 

 begins to abate : sky generally clear : ciiTus and nimbus : larus 

 canus, marinus, tridactylus, and procellaria glacialis. 



April 5: ther. 42°, 44°, 41 ^ wind W.N.W., fresh breeze: sky 

 overcast : atmosphere mild : a meteor descended to the S. W. (it 

 generally moves towards an expected wind) : it was of small magni- 

 tude, and visiiile for about a second. 



April 6: ther. 46°, 45°, 44°: wind S.W., fresh gale: overcast 

 cirrostratus, with some rain, at times very heavy : wind abating, the 

 sea became more tranquil, nearly altogether so : slight appearance 

 of coruscation in W.N.W. : it is remarked that in high northern 

 latitudes they indicate a northerly wind. 



April?: 36'', 33°, 34°: wind W.N.W., fresh breeze increasing: 

 towards evening a cumulostratus began to form in N. ; and, as it became 

 an intensely dark nimbus, it advanced from that point with an unusual 

 brightness in its rear and above. This brightness is considered a sign 



electric fluid, coming from S. E., dissolved the cirrocumulus in its progress, 

 and left it behind as a splendid white arch extending across the sky. The 

 cirrus of this afternoon visibly pointed towards the quarter whence the radia- 

 tion subsequently came. 



