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RECORD AND DISCUSSION 



At Port Kennedy, the resulting direction of the wind is remarkably constant for 

 the several seasons, and the differences with the corresponding values for Baffin 

 Bay are also small, the final direction for the two localities being practically iden- 

 tical. 



For further comparison, I add a table showing the resulting (true) direction of 

 the wind for Baffin Bay (lat. 72°.5 N., long. 65°.S W.), Van Rensselaer Harbor 1 

 (lat. 78°.G N., long. 70°.9 W.), and Port Kennedy (lat. 72°.0 N., long. 94°.2 W.) 



These numbers show that the wind at Van Bensselaer Harbor is rather anoma- 

 lous in its direction when compared with either of the two more southern stations, 

 the resulting directions being S. by W. i W., whereas at Baffin Bay and Port 

 Kennedy, it is N. W. by N. i N. 



Average Telocity of the Resulting Wind. — "We find the average velocity of the 

 resulting wind by dividing the quantity R by the actual number of observations 

 (exclusive of calms). This velocity, on account of the neutralization of the 

 opposing winds, is necessarily smaller than the average velocity of the winds. 



1 See my discussion of the winds in the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. XI. Me- 

 teorological Observations in the Arctic Seas, by E. K. Kane, TJ. S. N., p. 77. It is to be remarked 

 that, according to Mr. Sonntag and Dr. Hayes, the true direction, and not the magnetic direction, was 

 ■ rd al Van Rensselaer Harbor — a statement otherwise confirmed in Ihc discussion of the winds at 

 that station ; a corresponding change of the results is therefore to be made. [S.] 



