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circles the Southern Pole, being much less per- 

 vious, and extending to much lower latitudes than 

 that around the Northern Pole. 



That the 73d or' 74th, and sometimes the 76tli 

 or 78th degree of North latitude, can be attained at 

 any season of the year, and the 80th degree, if not 

 higher, at least once in every summer ; whereas the 

 71st degree of South latitude is probably but seldom 

 attainable, and has only been once passed : — And, 



That while the antarctic 7ie phis tdtra appears 

 to be the 72d degree of latitude, that of the arctic 

 zone extends at least to the 82d degree, or 600 

 miles further, so that while the closest approach to 

 the South Pole is not nearer than 1130 miles, the 

 common and annual approach to the North Pole 

 is within 600 miles. 



