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18th. A fox caught; 6 P. M. a bear's trad; seen in Depot Bay. 



19th. A hare shot; 10 P. M. a halo round the moon. 



-1st. A ptarmigan shot, and a hare seen. 



22d. A raven seen. 



2Cth. Sun's upper limb appeared at 11 A. M.; fresh tracks of two reindeer seen. 



30th. Three ptarmigan shot, 3 A. M. 



31st. 3 A. M. bright aurora between S. E. and X. W., passed through S. W.; 6 P. M pencils of 

 auroral rays from horizon to zenith between S. E. and W. ; electrometer strongly afl'eeted ; two 

 ptarmigan shot. 



NOTES TO FEBRUARY RECORD. 



1st. 3 A. M. aurora between S. E. and N. W., passing through south. 



2d. A ptarmigan shot. 



3d. Two reindeer seen ; ascertained the water space in Bellot Straits for one mile east and west. 



4th. A seal and a dovekie seen in the open water. 



8th. 8 P. M. aurora in the S. W. 



9th.' Some ptarmigan seen. 



12th. Two reindeer and several ptarmigan seen ; a sooty fox caught ; halo round the moon. 



13th. Two ptarmigan seen ; halo round the moon. 



17th. 8 A. M. the early travelling parties left the ship ; fifteen ptarmigan shot. 



19th. 10 P. M. aurora from south to north through the zenith. 



20th. Nine ptarmigan shot; 11 P. M. faint aurora from south to zenith. 



21st. Thermometer against a black surface exposed to the sun showed zero; [exposed against the 

 ship's side, —0.5°.] 



23d. 2 A. M. very bright aurora from X. E. to S. W. ; at 4 A. M. slight aurora in the east; four 

 ptarmigan shot ; one white fox caught. 



24th. Two white foxes caught. 



25th. A white fox caught. 



26th. A hare seen ; 11 P. M. until midnight, aurora from north to soutli through zenith. 



27th. A fox caught. 



