186 A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY 
sun’s altitude. Where this ring or circle cut the halo, 
there were two parhelia, and another close to the 
horizon, directly under the sun ; this was by far the 
most brilliant of the parhelia, being exactly like the 
sun slightly obscured by a thin cloud at its rising or 
setting. With respect to the colours of the other 
parhelia and haloes, I may say of them in general, 
that they were prismatic, and showed more or 
less to advantage, according to the state of the 
weather: when there was a little snow falling, as 
was frequently the case during the day, the dif- 
ferent colours shone with the greatest splendour. 
I have always observed, indeed; when these haloes 
or parhelia are seen, that there is a little snow 
falling, or rather small spicula@, or fine crystals of 
ice. 
Friday, 14th. —One of our dogs, which had 
been- with a wolf for these three days past, re- 
turned to the ship this morning, without having 
suffered any injury from its ravenous companion, 
which we suspect to be a she-wolf, from the in- 
timacy that appeared to subsist between them. On 
Wednesday, a party of us were within a hundred 
yards of them, when another dog which we had 
with us ran up to them; but he appeared to be 
a very unwelcome visitor, for she gave him a few 
rough shakes, which soon sent him back howling. 
She was about the size of a Newfoundland dog, 
and not unlike one in shape, only that her tail was 
longer, for it reached the ground. The weather 
is fine and clear; but, considering the advaneed 
state of the season, it is much colder than we anti- 
cipated having it at this time; the thermometer 
has been for several nights past as low as 30° ; and 
