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NOTKS TO SEPTEMBER RECORD. 



1st. Proceeded out of Godhavn; two whales secu. 



2d. Passed several bergs. 



3d. Bergs seen. 



4th to 5th. Midnight ; six bottle-nosed whales seen. 



6th. Bergs in sight; passed a drift pine log; midnight, slight aurora in S. E. 



7th. Bergs passed ; a tinner seen ; midnight, aurora in S. W. 



Nth. Pottle-nosed whale seen. 



9th. Passed piece of drift pine. 



10th. [Aurora, 10 P. M., in N. E.— B. of T. Papers.} 



15th. Porpoises seen. 



18th. 8 P. M., sounded in 8G fathoms. 



"During our drift down Baffin's Bay and Davis' Straits (1857— '8) the aurora was noticed on 43 

 nights; of these, 18 — marked with an asterisk — were observed in a direction where water or water sky 

 had been seen during the day. The general direction of the remainder was between N. E. and S. E. 

 None were particularly bright but two or three, and even these scarcely equalled the brilliancy of those 

 seen at times in the north of Scotland. On some occasions the aurora was from horizon to zenith, but 

 generally from 10° to 40° above the horizon, with occasional streamers; these latter were generally 

 present towards the zenith, but only sometimes reaching so far. At times pulsations were noticed in 

 the patches and bands of light; these were often contrary to the surface wind. On the whole stars 

 of all magnitudes were dimmed when viewed through the aurora, but only those of small magnitude 



