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W1XI> A>;i) WEATllEil IN JAN MAYKX. [ArP. N*^ VII. 



No. VII. 



STATE OF THE AVIND A^'£> WEATHEK, FllOM AUGUST TO 

 MAY, IN THE ISLAND OF JAN MAYEN, AS COLLECTED 

 FROM THE JOURNAL OF SEVEN SAILORS OF HOLLAND WHO 

 WINTERED THERE IN THE^Y'EAR 1633,-4*. 



[Keferred to p. 168.] 



1«33 WINDS. RF,MARKS. 

 fcJo26 N E Strong bre<ze. The tieet sailed 

 <; for Holland 



2TNE 



28 N E Snow 



29 Clear 



30 N W, at night N E 



31 N E Fresh gale, dear 

 ^ 1 N W to N E Snow 



j^ 2 N F. Snow 



3 N E Some snow 



4 N E Some snow 



5 N E Some snow 



6 N E rainy 



7 N E Fair. At nif;ht S E b S rainy 



8 S E Kainy morning 



9 S E Clear and warm 



10 S E Very storiP-V, rainy 



11 S E b S" to S W and N E. Foggy; 



rainy 

 12. N E Blowing hard, clear 



13 S E to N E b N and N W. Fair, sun- 



shiny 



14 W, N W b W Some snow 



15 W Blowing so hard the sea foamed 



16 SW Fair 



17 S W Blowing very hard, clear 



18 S WbS Rainy 



19 W, S E Clear, staiUght at night 



20 S E b S, S W Sunshiny 



21 S W Misty and rainy 



22 S W Blowing hard and rainy 



23 E, S E Cloudy, v\(ith rain and mist 

 f 4 S E b S Rainy 



25 SE b E Stormy and rainy 



26 E.erly Frosty weather 



27 N E Fair, at night W Foul weather 



28 N, S, S E Violent storm, snow 



29 S E Blowing hard, with snow 



30 S W b W Rainy, stormy at night 



1633 WINDS. REMARKS. 



■g 1 N E Frosty 



O 2 E Freezing hard 



3 E, W Frost and snow 



4 S, S W Frosty, fog or rain at night 



5 S W Much rain 



6 S W b S Blowing hard 



7 S W b W Very stormy 



8 S W b W, N E, N Very tempestuous 



9 N.erly Temiiestuous 



10 N E b N Blowing strong, excessive 



cold 



1 1 N E Very cold, snow 



12 N E Blowing hard, very cold 



13 N E Very cold 



14 N E Excessive cold 



15 N.erly Weather tolerable 



16 N.erly Cold, snow 



1 7 >N Blowing hard, frosty 



18 N Frosty 



19 N Some ice a mile ofF shore 



20 N E Fair, much ice seen 



21 E, N E Blowing and snowing hard 



22 N E Much snow 



23 N E Cloudy 



24 I'J E Frosty 



25 S W Excesive cold, clear 



26 S W, W Sea full of ice 



27 W Clear 



28 W Clear frosty weather 



29 N Severe cold, sea full of ice, snow 



30 N Freezing hard, tempestuous 



31 N Severe frost, with show 

 > 1 N E Cold vehement 



;2; 2 Hard frost 



3 N E Tolerable weather 



4 N E, W F'reezing hard 



5 S Heavy fall of sbow ». 



6 S to E Tempestuous weather 



7 N E Still weather 



* See Churchill's " Collection of A^oyagcs and Travels," Vol. ii. Ed. 173?, 

 p. 36U 



