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NOTES TO APRIL RECORD. 



1st. A fox caught; 10 h - 20 m - P. M. ; Captain McClintock and party left the ship, also Lieutenant 

 Hobson and party for long spring journey to the southward. 



4th. A white wolf prowling about the ship. 



6th. Travelling party detained by weather. 



7th. A hare seen; 9 A. M. ; Captain Young and party left ship for search of Prince of Wales' 

 land; a lemming caught. 



8th. A hare seen; Bellot Straits quite free from vapor; two ptarmigan shot. 



9th. Noticed a second space of water in Bellot Straits, smaller and about two miles further west 

 than first. 



10th. A hare seen. 



11th. A hare seen; thickness of ice formed since Oct. 3d, 6 feet 2 inches. 



13th. A raven seen. 



15th. Bellot Straits entirely free from vapor throughout the day. 



20th. A hare seen. 



21st. A hare seen ; prismatic parhelion and part of halo on each side of the sun distant about 22° 30'. 



23d. A raven seen. 



26th. Two hares seen. 



27th. A hare seen. 



28th. A bear and two cubs seen. 



[Xo aurora reported.] 



