INDEX. 



563 



servations for determining the ano- 

 malies in, ii. 538 — Vibrations in the 

 needle of, at Spitzbergen, ii. 544 — 

 Magnetic; directive force on, under 

 different dips, ii. 54G 



Coronae and parhelia, remarks on, i. 

 392 



Crow's nest, described, ii. 203 — Its use 

 in the fishery, ii. 237 



Crystallization, remarks on the cause 

 of, i. 438 



Cumberland (Island) discovered by Da- 

 vis, i. 76 



Cumberland Strait, discovered by Da- 

 vis, i. 76 



Currents in the Arctic Seas, i. 4 — Near 

 Spitzbergen, i. 147, 204— Difficul- 

 ties of determining, i. 205 — Some 

 effects of, i. 207— Proofs of, in the 

 Greenland Seas, i. 212 — Intimate 

 the existence of a communication 

 betvpeen the Atlantic and Pacific, 

 i. 4. 



Customs, regulations of, on the impor- 

 tation of the produce of the whale- 

 fishery, ii. 378 — Duties of, on Green- 

 land produce, ii. 501 — Mustering of 

 Greenland ships by the officers of, 

 ii. 513 — Affidavits, certificates, &c. 

 by the, required, ii. 514 



Cuttle-fish, food of the narwhal, i. S44 



Cyclopterus liparis, notice of, i. 540 



Davis' Strait discovered, i. 78 — Whale- 

 fishery of, commenced by the Dutch, 

 ii. 64 — suggested by Baffin, ii. 184 

 — Account of the fishery of, ii. 382 

 Compared with that of Greenland, 

 ii. 390 



Delphinus deductor, description of, 1. 

 496 — Numbers stranded in Orkney, 

 Faroe, Iceland, &c. i. 499 



Denmark, King of, encourages the 

 whale-fishery by a bounty, ii. 83 — 

 Account of the whale-fishery from, 

 ii. 166 



Deviation of the compass, ii. 537 — Sec 

 Compass. 



Dier's Cape discovered by Davis, i. 76 



Discoverj', adventurous spirit in, ma- 

 nifested by our early voyagers, i. 22 

 — Vessels of 10, 35 and 50 tons em- 

 ployed in, i. 23 — Hints for conduct- 

 ing in the Polar Seas, i. 24 — Class 

 of vessels most suitable for, i, 24, 27 

 2 



—Small vessels stronger than large, 

 i. 24 — Proofs of this assertion, i. 26 

 — Practical knowledge of the polar 

 regions, in navigators, necessary for 

 making discoveries, i. 28 — Evidences 

 of this remark, i. 27 — Advantages 

 of wintering in Baffin's Bay to na- 

 vigators on discovery, i. 29 — Ves- 

 sels might be secured from ice, by 

 hauling them on land by means of 

 Morton's patent slip, i. 30— Premi- 

 ums by act of Parliament for makuig 

 discoveries', i. 53 



journeys on land in N. Ame- 

 rica, most likely mode of discover- 

 ing the seas between Behring's Strait 

 and the Greenland seas, i. 33 — Mode 

 of travelling on snow, i. ib. — Pro- 

 visions used by travellers, i. 35— i 

 Suggestions for performing journeys 

 of discovery, i. 37 



voyages of, in the Arctic 



Seas, led to the Spitzbergen whale- 

 fishery, ii. 19 — Also to the Arch- 

 angel trade, ib. 



voyages of, — Alaryon, i. (57) 



— Aubert or Hubert, i. 71, (5G) — 

 Baffin, William, i. 84, (61)— Ba- 

 rentz, William, i. 79, (59)— Behring, 

 Vitus, i. (65)— Bennet, Stephen, i. 

 (59)— Billings, .Joseph, i. (69)— 

 Biorn, i. dC, (55)— Blefkens, Dith- 

 mar, i (57) — Buchan, David, i. (71) 

 — Burrough, Stephen, i. 72, 74, (57) 

 — Busch, Henry, i. (64) — Button, 

 Sir Thomas, i. 83, (61)— Bylot, Ro- 

 bert, i. 84, (61)— Cabot, John, i. 69, 

 (55)— Cabot, Sebastian, i. 69, (55) 

 — Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez de, i, 

 (57)— Camart, i. (56)— Cartier, Jac- 

 ques, i. {36) — Chancellor, Richard, i. 

 72, (57)-Chaciue, Martin, i. (57)— 

 Christopher, i.(67)- Gierke, Charles, 

 i. (69)— Columbus, i. 68, {55) — 

 Cook, James, i. (68)-Cornelison, 

 L 79, (59)— Coronado, i. (57)— Cor- 

 tereal, Caspar, i. 69, (56 — Cortere- 

 al, John Vaz Costa, i. 69, (55) — Cor- 

 tereal, Michael, i. 70, ( jd) — Danell, 

 i. (63)- Davis, John, i. 75, (5S) - 

 Denis, Jean, i. (56)— Deschnev% Se- 

 meon, i. (63)— Duncan, Charles, i. 

 (70)— Egcde, i. (69) - Ffenton, Ed- 

 ward, i. (58) — Flawes, William, i. 

 (64)_Flocke, i. 62, (51) — Fo- 



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