TEMPERATURES IN SASKATCHEWAN VALLEY. 



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TABLE IV. 



Thermometrical Observations. — Valley of the Saskat- 

 chewan. 



The observations recorded in the above table were made at Cum- 

 berland House, by chief factor John Lee Lewis, between the 

 beginning of August 1839 and the end of September 1840, the register 

 being deficient in June and July, when Mr. Lewis was travelling on 

 the business of the company. The temperatures were measured by a 

 thermometer made by Newman, and sent out at that time with many 

 others, by the Geographical Society, but at the expense of the Hud- 

 son's Bay Company. The monthly means of the combined tempera- 

 tures at 8 a. M. and at 8 p. m. were corrected by Dove's table, calculated 

 for Toronto. — Rep. Br. Ass. 1847. 



The observations at Oxford House were made between October 



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