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has disappeared from his island, shall receive a reward 

 of one bottle of wine and one dozen of cigars. Many- 

 may compete for this prize at the same time. 



Given from our winter quarters, Clavering Straits, 

 Nov. 10. 



C. KOLDEWEY. 



The fine weather of the next days facilitated repairs 

 of the damage done by the storm. The observatories 

 received a new and thicker coating of snow, which 

 sloped up to the roof, by which the whole obtained a 

 uniform appearance ; over this we poured water, which 

 formed a crust of ice, apparently strong enough to defy 

 any storm. 



Noteworthy now was the increase of darkness. On 

 the 22nd of November, at noon, all thermometers had to 

 be read by the lamp ; and on the 23rd, at noon, stars of 

 the second magnitude (for example, the polar-star) could 

 be distinctly seen. The whole morning the southern 

 horizon from Walrus Island to Cape Borlase Warren was 

 yellowish-red ; and this twilight showed strong against 

 the black line of open water. At the same time there 

 was a strong refraction of the rays, and in the atmo- 

 sphere appeared a glimmering undulating motion from 

 west to east. 



The evenings and nights too were beautiful ; the moon 

 shone without setting from the 19th to the 25th. At 

 noon we still saw its pale light, and at night it was 

 frequently surrounded with a halo, accompanied by a 

 jparaselene or mock moon. 



The Northern Lights again appeared in all their beauty, 

 and when the magnetic observatory was in order, obser- 



