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APPENDIX. 



NOTES TO MARCH RECORD. 



2d. Seven ptarmigan and one hare shot. 



3d. Noon, Captain Young and party returned. 



4th. Twelve ptarmigan shot. 



5th. Frost smoke in Prince Regent's Inlet. 



Cth. A white fox caught, a reindeer seen, a ptarmigan shot ; 9 P. M. a narrow band of anrora from 

 N. N. W. to S. S. E. through zenith — a well-marked divergence of leaves of gold electrometer. 



10th. Nine ptarmigan shot ; one hare seen. 



14th. Noon, Captain McClintock and party returned. 



15th. 2 A. M. a lunar halo; two ptarmigan shot. 



18th. 9 A. M. Captain Young with two dog sledges left for Fury Beach ; 1 P. M. Dr. Walker with 

 a party started to bring in depot from Cape Airy. 



1 'Jth. Two bears seen, and two ptarmigan shot. 

 20th. A hare seen ; a white fox caught. 



21st. A hare seen. 



22d. A hare seen and a white fox caught ; several ptarmigan seen. 



23d. A hare seen and a ptarmigan shot ; a lemming caught ; Bellot's Straits entirely free from vapor. 



2 Itta. A ptarmigan shot ; a white fox caught ; a bear seen. 

 25th. 10 A. M. Dr. Walker and party returned. 



26th. Two hares seen. 



28th. A hare and a ptarmigan shot; 8 P. M. Captain Young and party returned from Fnry Reach. 

 30th. A parhelion on each side of the sun ; a ptarmigan shot and a hare seen ; at midnight aurora 

 seen between land to W. and S. W '. and observer. 



31st. 11 P. M. aurora in west seen between land and observer. 



