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21st. Dawn at 9 h - 30 m -, dusk at 3 1 '- O m - 



22d. Dawn at 9 h - 10'"-, dusk at 3 1 '- 15 m ' ; much refraction in the S. E. 



23d. Dawn at 9 h - 30»\ dnsk at 3 h - 0"'- 



24th. Dawn at 9 h ' O m -, dusk at 3 h - 15 m - 



25th. Dawn at 9 h - O m -, dusk at 3 1 '- 15" 1 -; a halo round the moon at 7 1 '- P. M. 



26th. Dawn at 9 h - 0™-, dusk at 3 1 '- 30 m - 



27th. Dawn at 3 h - 45"\ dusk at 3 h - 20 m - 



28th. Dawn at 8 h - 25 m -; sun's upper lira!) appeared at ll h 25'" ; refraction 59' 55", neglecting the 

 height of the eye (5 feet) ; sun's upper limb disappeared at l h ()"'• m. t. ; dusk at 3 h - 45" 1 ' 



29th. Dawn at S h - 15" 1 -; sun's upper limb appeared at ll h 10 m - m. t, disappeared l 1 ' 25 m - ; dusk 

 at 3' 1 - 45 m -; 10 men built two houses in 30 minutes ; mercury froze at about — 41°. 



30th. Dawn at 8 h - 30 m - ; sun's upper limb appeared at 10 h - 30 m -, disappeared atl h -50 m -; dusk al 

 3 h - 50 m - . two seals and a dovekie seen in a large crack three or four miles east of the ship. 



31st. Dawn at 8 h - 15 m - ; sun's upper limb appeared at 10 h - 40™-; a seal and several dovekies seen in 

 a lane of water; sun's upper limb disappeared at 2 h - m - ; dusk at 4 h - m - 



NOTES TO FEBRUARY RECORD. 



1st. Dawn at 8 h - O m -; sun's upper limb appeared at 10 h - 25 m - m. t. ; a sooty fox shot, small and fat, 

 weight 7 lbs.; sunset at 2 h - 5 m -, dusk at 4 h - 10 m - 



2d. Dawn at 8 h - m - ; sun's upper limb appeared at 10 1 '- 10 m - ; no sounding with 170 fathoms ; Beveral 

 new cracks ; cirro-stratus moving to S. E. ; dusk at 4 h 10" 1 ; 9 P. M. aurora faint in the S. E. horizon 

 for about ten minutes ; 10 P. M. an auroral arch in the S. E., visible for one hour, faint from S. E. to 

 E. N. E., the extremities of the arch touching the horizon ; the S. E. extremity was the brightest, 

 with an occasional stream towards the zenith. 



3d. Dawn at 7 1 '- 50 lu ; sun's upper limb appeared at 10 h - 5'" ; dusk at 4 h 20'" ; at 11 P. M. an 

 arch of an aurora from S. E. (true) horizon to the zenith; ice in motion. 



