206 4 Poyage to theCoast of Labrador and Cualiee with Remarks i 
At 130 fathoms under the surface 714° 
140 do. es we 72—water 72? 
150 do, oe sore 44 
160" sdax 7 shi ee 70 
170 do. ee oi 71 
180 do. os ee 74 
190 do. oe oe 74 +, 3) 8 
200 do. ‘ 78; which was the 
highest temperature of the water at this: time. 
Should any of your correspondents account for the increase of 
the temperature in the Cornish mines, or communicate any ob- 
servations of their own made in other parts of the kingdom, it 
would give considerable pleasure to many of your readers ; and 
if you consider these worth notice, it is my intention to com- 
municate, occasionally, observations which I may have an oppor- 
tunity of making in other parts of this county. 
I remain, sir, 
Your most obedient. servant, 
Crowan (Cornwall), Sept. 11, 1818. Drow LEAN. 
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XXXI. Account of a Voyage to the Coast of Labrador and 
Quebec, including Remarks on the comparative Temperature 
of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. By Joun Ha- 
METT, M.D. Communicated in a Letter to Dr. Puarson. 
' H. M.S. Prevayante, Channel, Auy.21, 1817. 
My DEAR sir, —Ow the 27th of March, at 2 P.M. we set sail 
from the Sound, 
fF to distant climes, a dreary scene, 
Where half the convex world intrudes between,’ 
We got down Channel, and far into the sluggish Atlantic with 
light and pleasant breezes. Between the 2d and 14th of April 
the temperature was between 56 and 67, while the wind, which 
was generally from the eastward, just served to fan the blood. 
The t temperature as we now proceeded to the westward became 
daily dimin'shed, until the 22d, when at'8 P.M. in long. 55° 38° 
and lat. 46° 18” the mercury was down to 22. At this hour 
the north wind ejected with the greatest violence the thickest 
hail; indeed no face could possibly. withstand this assault of the 
weather, On Sunday the 20th, atabout 6 P.M. in long. 53° 3S 
and Jat. 45° 34’ we fell in with an enormous mass of ice, about as 
high as one of our top-mast heads; also with an extensive field 
of it, to which were attached five vessels fishing for seals. Early 
in the forenoon of Friday the 25th, we got into a nuinb«r of large 
detached sheets of ity and-alout 2 A.M. of the ensuing dav, it 
blowving a strong gale from the E,.by $.,-the ship was inclosed 
in 
