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NOTES TO AUGUST RECORD. 



1st. In Disco Fiord ; eider docks abundant. 



2d. One black whale and several rorquals seen. 



3d. Off Issung Point ; immense flocks of ducks. 



4th. At Pvittenbenk. 



5th. A few rotchies seen. 



6th. Off Upernavik ; took on bourd six dogs at Proven, and fourteen at Upernavik. 



7th. Several rotchies seen. 



8th. Sailing amongst loose ice. 



10th. Off the Devil's Thumb. 



12th. Steaming through ice. 



13th. Specific gravity of fresh water on the iceberg, 1.001. 



14th. At midnight (14th to 15th) fast to a berg south of Brown's Island. 



lGth. Running through lanes in the pack. 



17th. Running through lanes in the pack and beset. 



18th. Beset in Melville Bay. 



1 Specific gravity of sea water marked with an asterisk (*), taken from the fourth number of Meteorological 

 Papers, published by the Board of Trade. London, 1860. At 8 P. M. at anchor in 7 fathoms water, one-third of a 

 mile off shore ; bad holding ground ; coaling at Rittenbenk. 



2 The specific gravity of the surface water fell from 1.0270 on the 9th, to 1.0208 on the 10th. The yacht is said 

 to Lave been off the glacier, and was surrounded by bergs, the fresh water from which probably caused the dimi- 

 nution in the specific gravity at the surface. The specific gravity of the fresh water ou a berg was 1.0010. 



3 Specific gravity in 111 fathoms .... 1.028 Temperature .... 30°.0 



« « « 50 » .... 1.025 " .... 2:'.:, 



« " " 25 " .... 1.024 " .... 31.5 



1 Cape Walker, N. 60° E. (true) ; Cape Melville, N. 14° W. (true). 



