INDEX. 



[The Figures within parentheses refer to the Appendix in Vol. I.] 



Air, its dissolving power at different 

 temperatures, i. 422 



Alca alle, remarks on, i. 528 



arctica, common at Spitzbergen, 



i. 527 



Alderman Jones' Sound discovered by 

 Baffin, i. 88 



America or the West Indies discovered 

 in the 12th century, i. 67 — British 

 colonies in, their whale-fishery, ii. 

 134 



Amphibia, account of, i. 538 



Anas bernicla, notice of, i. 527 



mollissima, mention of, i. 527 



Anecdotes, — Courageous exploit of a 

 sailor, ii. 263— Of whales, ii. 276— 

 Respecting the whale-fishery, 276, 

 294, 297, 302, 331— Of accidents 

 from ice, ii. 342 — Of accidents aris- 

 ing from fogs, ii. 346 



Animalcula in the Polar Seas, account 

 of, i. 544 



Apparatus used in the whale-fishery, 

 ii. 223— List of, ii. 509 



Arctic gull, account of, i. 534 



Ascaris, mention of, i, 543 



Ascidia, mention of, i. 543 



Asterias, notice of, i. 550 



Atmosphere, tendency to equilibrium 

 in, i. 349 — Pressure of, changeable 

 in the Arctic Regions, i. 371 — Ap- 

 pearance of the atmosphere, i. 377 

 — Colour and transparency, ib — 

 Density of, 378 — occasional bright- 

 ness of, i. 379 — Extreme drj-ness 

 of, i. 380— Electricity of, i. 382 — 

 Phenomenon in, produced by re- 

 fraction, i. 384 — Decrease in the 

 temperature of, on ascending, i. (72) 



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Atmospherolog)', observations on,|i.|323 

 Attraction, magnetic, focus of, in a 



ship. ii. 542 

 Auk, Little, remarks on, i. 528 

 Aurora borealis, common in high la- 

 titudes, i. 416 — State of the weather 

 when observed, i. 417 — Appearance 

 of, portentous, ib. 



Baffin, an enterprising character and 

 able navigator, i. 89 — Discovered 

 Baffin's Bay, i. 84— Suggested that 

 a profitable whale-fishery might be 

 conducted there, ii. 184 



Baffin's Bay discovered, i. 84 



Balaena mysticetus, description of, i. 

 449_See Whale. 



Bala;noptera acuto-rostrata, described, 

 i. 485 



gibbai-, description of, i. 



478— See Physalis. 



jubartes, description of, i, 



484 



rorqujil, description of, i. 



482 



Banks', Sir Joseph, apparatus for de- 

 termining temperature of the sea, 

 furnished by, i. 185 



Barclay, Dr, his anatomical examina- 

 tion of a beluga, L 500 



Barometer, table of remarkable changes 

 in, in high latitudes, i. 371 — These 

 changes portentous, i. 373 — Rela- 

 tions between the state of the baro- 

 meter and the weather, i. 374 — "Va- 

 lue of, in predicting the weather, i. 

 399, 401 



Barrington's, Hon. D. account of na- 

 vigators having reached extraordi- 

 nary high latitudes, not to be relied 



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