lit; APPENDIX. 



NOTES TO OCTOBER RECORD. 



1st. Ice drift X. \Y. ; a ptarmigan caught by the dogs ; a flock of cider-ducks aud a raven seen. 



2d. Dusk at V 1 ' 



3d. Dawn at 5 h ' 10"\ dusk at 7 h - 



4th. Dusk at 6 b ' 30 m -; at 11 P. M. an aurora in W. X. W. 



. r ith. Dawn at 5 h - 30 m -, dusk at 6 h - 30"' ; at midnight longitude by chronometer and Jupiter 65°45' W. 



6th. Dawn at .V'- 20 m -; tried for soundings with 140 fathoms; dusk at G b - 30 m - 



7th. Dawn at 5 h ' 35 m -, dusk at 6 l 25 m -; two bear tracks near the ship. 



8th. Dawn at 5 h - 35 m -, dusk at G 1 ' 10 m - 



9th. 2 A. M. aurora seen from S. S. E. to E. S. E. ; dawn at 5 h - 30 m ; a raven seen; dusk at 6 h - m - 



10th. Dawn at 5 h - 35 m , dusk at 5 h - 55 m - 



11th. Dawn at C 1 '- ()'»■, dusk at 5 h - 10 m - 



I. Mi. Dawn at 5 h - 30 m -, dusk at 5 h - 40 m -; a flock of eider-ducks passed to the southward ; fox and 

 bear tracks seen ; between 8 and 10 P. M. some shooting stars. 



13th. Dawn at 5 h :;:>'" , dusk at 5 h - 30™- 



14th. Dawn at G 1 '- 0" 1 , dusk at 5 h - 30" 1 -; the young ice opened for some miles in length ; a slight 

 swell observed. 



15th. 1 Dawn at 5 h - 30"', dusk at 5 h - 30 m - 



16th. Dawn at G h - 30 m -, dusk at 5 h - 30 ,n - ; seals in the lane of water; tried for soundings with 1G5 

 fathoms. 



17th. Dawn at 6 h - 15"\ dusk at 5 h - 15 m -; high land seen from north to N. E. by E. (true) ; seals 

 in the lane of water, also narwhals ; thickness of young ice one month old, 1 foot 3.8 inches; overlying 

 snow, 2j inches. 



L8th. I 'awn at G' 1 - 30™-, dusk at 5 h - m - 



19th. Dawn at 6 h - 45™ , dusk at 4 h - 30 m - 

 h. Dawn at 6 h ' 50'" , dusk at 4 h - 25"> 



21st. Dawn at G 1 ' 50'", dusk at 4 1 '- 15'" ; distant land bearing E. V E., true; a large seal seen. 



22d. Dawn at G>' 45'" , dusk at I' 1 - 1 



23d. Dawn at 7 h 50"' , ilusk at 4 h - 35 m ; a fox track near the ship, aud a seal seen. 



2lth. Dawn at 7 h - m -, dusk at 4 1 '- 30™- 



25th. Dawn at 6' 35 m -, dusk at »>'■ 2n'" 



26th. Dawn at 7 h ' 50'", dusk at i 1 ' 15'" ; Cape York X. 3 E, (true); Cape Dudley Digges N. 50° 

 E. 1 1 rue). 



27th. Dawn a1 7 h - 0™-, dusk at 4 1 '- 30 m - 



28th. Dawn at 7 1 '- 10 m -, dusk at 4 h - 15" 1 -; the ice opening and in motion near the ship. 



Daylight at 7 1 ' 20™-; a lane of water crossing the bows and distant, two hundred yards; a 

 long lane on port beam distant one mile, and extending east and west two or three miles ; dusk at 4'' 



30th. Ice movement and pressure all preceding night within two hundred yards of the ship ; at 4 h - 

 A. M slight aurora from S. to S. S. E. (true) ; dawn at 7 h 15'", dusk at 4 h - 0'" ; at 10 P. M. ice 

 in motion. 



."1st. Dawn at 7 h - 20™- ; wide lane of water, covered with thin bay ice in all directions; dusk at 3''- 

 40™-; ice in motiou and water space increasing. 



Thickness of snow falling daring three or four weeks, 21 inches ; thickness of ice one month old, IS. 8 inches. 



