SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLKDGK. 



ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS 



ARCTIC SEAS. 



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



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



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



IN THE VICINITY OF THE NORTHWEST COAST OF GREENLAND. 



REDUCED AND DISCUSSED, 



CHARLES A . S C H T T 



ASSIST.VST n. S. COAST .SURVEY. 



[ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION. MARCH, ISGO.] 



