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tions by Mr. Smith, who evinced an anxious 
desire to supply our wants as far as his means 
permitted. 
Mr. Hood haying brought up the dipping 
needle from Cumberland House, we ascertained 
the dip to be 85° 23’ 42”, and the difference pro- 
- duced by reversing the face of the instrument 
was 6° 2’ 10’. The intensity of the magnetic 
force was also observed. Several observations 
had been procured on both sides of the moon 
during our residence at Fort Chipewyan, the 
result of which gave for its longitude 111° 18' 20” 
W., its latitude was observed to be 58° 42’ 38” N., 
and the variation of the compass 22° 49’ 32” E. 
Fresh rates were procured for the chronometers 
and their errors determined for Greenwich time, 
by which the survey to the northward was car- 
ried on. 
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