ANALYSIS OF FLUIDS, &c. 



I AM indebted for the following article to my friend Mr. Thomas Rymer Jones, who, 

 in conjunction with Mr. Hemmings, submitted the articles I gave them to a careful 

 examination, and made the following report, which requires no comment, as the acquire- 

 ments of these gentlemen are known to quaUfy them highly for such an investigation. 



l.—SEA-WATER FROM PADLIAK OR SPENCE BAY. 



Thi.s water was taken from the sea by me on the 4th of June, lb3U, and carefully 

 preserved in a bottle with a ground glass stopper, and was never out of my possession, 

 having been carried by me the whole length of our fatiguing journey to Fury beach ; 

 in order to establish the specific gravity and component parts of the water in the sea of 

 King William, or that to the westward of the isthmus of Boothia. 



The specific gravity of this water was 1.011 at a temperature of sixty-four degrees of 

 Fahrenheit, and a wine pint contains 116,97 grains, of which matter — viz.: 



GRAINS. 



Magnesia . . 5.81 



Chloride of sodium 92.5 



Sulphate of lime . 7.67 



Sulphuric acid . 4.39 — ^besides that contained in the sulphate of lime. 



Muriatic acid 5.65 — besides that contained in tlie muriate of soda. 



