NO, 
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the way southwards. 
OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT THE WINTER HUT. 129 
in the original journal. 
Watch I 
— Needle on the “Slotsberg” AS bse NS) ay ei: 
1 
Qh 
1m 35s Sun Centre 
Needle on the Slotsberg . 
Cape of Good Hope 
Hope Island, inner point . 
A outer point . 
Black-spotted Island 
White Island 
Northern Island 
Needle Cape 
Round mountain farthibe in the fjord 
The first three observations give: 
Magnetic Declination at the Winter Hut = 18°2 E, 
S 
S 
5 5b 8 Ss 
“Stabben”’ (called “Steinen” on Nansen’s map) N 
: N 
N 
N 
The names of the different points and islands are retained here as given 
Hor. Cirele | Azimuth 
40 | S 124 14 W 
Compass 
85507 E 
S37 W 
$39 W 
between 74 W and S 78° W 
between 8 WandS 97 W 
70 W 
between 59 W and N 54 W 
44 OW 
86 OE 
which value is certainly preferable to that found on April 20 during a period of evident magnetic 
perturbations, 
Mr. 
The points above are probably to be identified with the following points named by 
Jackson: 
Slotsberg . 
Cape of Good Hones 
Hope Island : 
Black-spotted Island 
White Island 
Northern Island dents 
NeedlesGapeme-gs- saeco: 
Cape Brice. 
A little to the north of Cape Me. Clintock. 
Mary Elizabeth Island. 
Wm. Neale Island. 
Geo. Harley Island. 
Erasmus Ommaney Island. 
Cape Hugh Mill. 
The determinations of Local Time give the following values of the clock error and 
daily rate. 
Watch I | I—M.T. | Daily Rate 
1896 April 18 
April 20 
April 29 
May 16 
hm TS 
8 42 pm 53.7 
9 5. 
6 30 esses chron 
8 36 57 OA at; 
and the mean acceleration during the whole period = + 9s.2. 
The comparisons with Watch II during the same period give for this a daily retardation 
of 12.6. 
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