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NOTES TO DECEMBER HF.CORD. 



1st. Dawn at 10''- 30'" , dusk at I 1 '- 5 m - ; ice crushing up at t lie edges of the floe. 



2d. Pawn at 10 1 '- 30 m -, dusk at l 1 '- 10 nl - 



3d. Dawn at 10 1 '- 30 m -, dusk at l 1 ' ,u - • ■^ 



4th. Dawn at ll 1 '- 0'"-; a well-marked halo and several para- 

 selene, 7 1 '- to 10''- P. M., consisting of five false moons, three ^ 

 arcs of halos, and a horizontal belt of light round the heaven si-- ' 

 and passing through the moon. ^/L _. ji — j^ .. . 



5th. Dawn at 10 b - 30 n \ dusk at 1 '- 50 m - ^Ji-;;^ 



6th. Unable to read by light of the sky. 



7th. Dawn at ll h - m - ; several cracks near the ship; one seal seen. 



8th. Dawn at 11> m - ; dusk at 1 '- SO'"- ; the cracks nearly closed. 



9th. Dawn at ll 1 '- 5'" ; dusk at 1 '- 45'"- ; midnight (9th to 10th), aurora from E. N. E. to E. S. E. 

 (true), also several shooting stars. 



10th. Dawn at ll h - m -, dusk at l h - 30 m - ; 9 P. M., faint aurora in the south, streaming towards the 

 zenith. 



11th. Dawn at ll 1 '- 30'"-, dusk at h - 30 m - 



12th. Dawn at ll 1 '- 15'"-, dusk at 1 '- 20 m - ; [2 A. M., slight aurora to southward ;] 10 P. M., faint 

 aurora in N. W. 



13th. Dawn at ll h - 0™, dusk at h - 50 m ; 6 P. M., bright aurora in S. E. ; 10 P. M., aurora from 

 the S. E. to N. E. [part of an arc], with rays shooting up towards the zenith. 



14th. 2 A.M., faint aurora towards the southern horizon; dawn at ll h - 10'"-, dusk at h 15 m - ; 

 found a perceptible divergence in the gold leaves of an electrometer when attached to a masthead wire 

 and passed down to the sea ; 8 P. M., faint aurora in the N. E. (true). 



15th. Dawn at ll h - lO" 1 -, dusk at h - 30 m - ; several shooting stars between 5 and 6 P. M. ; midnight 

 (15th to 16th), faint aurora to southward. [Thickness of ice 3 feet inches ; increase since last month 

 111 inches.— B. of T. Papers.'] 



16th. No daylight. [6 P. M., aurora slight from E. to N. E., and at 10 P. M. bright from S. to 

 N. E., continuing till 10 A. M. next day, at 6 P. M. again for one hour, across the zenith from E. to 

 W. and N. W. ; the electrometer was sensibly affected.] 



17th. Dawn at ll h - 30 m -, dusk at h - 30 ra - ; 6 P. M., slight aurora E. to N., 10 P. M., bright aurora 

 S. to N. E. 



18th. Thickness of September ice 3 feet inches, overlying closely packed snow 6i inches ; 4 A. M. 

 aurora still visible, 9 h - 45 m - A. M. aurora disappeared ; dawn at ll h - 15 m -, dusk at 1 '- 30 m -; 4 P. M., 

 faint aurora from E. to W. and N. W., passed through the zenith ; 10 P. M., aurora S. S. E. to S. S. 

 W., near horizon. 



19th. Dawn at ll 1 '- 45'"-, dusk at 1 '- 35"'- ; a wide crack, N. W. and S. E., half a mile from the 

 ship. 



20th. No daylight. 



21st. Daylight at ll h - 45 m -, dusk at 1 ' 15 m - 



22d. No daylight. 



23d. No daylight. 



24th. Dawn at ll 1 '- 45 m -, dusk at h - 20 m - ; narrow lane of water recently opened to the S. W. and 

 N. W. of the ship, and distant from one-quarter to one mile. 



25th, 26th, 27th. No daylight. 



28th. Dawn at ll h - 25 m -, dusk at K 45 m - 



29th. Dawn at 11> m -, dusk at ll h - 45 m - ; small lanes of water, and several fresh cracks near the 

 ship. 



30th. Dawn at ll h 15 m , dusk at O 1 '- 45 m - 



31st. Dawn at 10 1 '- 30'"-, dusk at 1 '- 50 m - [No birds seen and only one seal.—/?, of T. Papers.'] 



Hani packed snow 6J iuches thick, 



