SMITHSONIAN CONTIUBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



MAGNETICAL OBSERVATIONS 



AECTIC SEAS. 



ELISHA KENT KANE, M.D., U.S.N. 



MADE DURING THE SECOND GRINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 



IN 1853, 1854, AND 1855, AT VAN RENSSELAER HARBOR, AND OTHER 



POINTS ON THE WEST COAST OF GREENLAND. 



REDUCED AND DISCUSSED, 



CH AKLES A. S C H T T, 



ASSISTANT U. S. COAST StJKVEY. 



[accepted for rilULICATION, MAY, 1868.] 



