168 Prof. Hansteen on the Number and Situation 
II. Observations of Declinations by Captain Parry. Extracted 
from Brewster’s Philos. Journ. July 1821. 
Long. W. from| Declination. 
Greenwich. 
From these observations (which, for the purpose of avoiding 
the influence of the iron on board the vessels, were all made 
on shore, or om icebergs) it appears, that in Baflin’s Bay and 
near 64° of longitude the declination already amounts to 90°, 
* In Possession Bay. + East coast of Regent’s Island. 
{[ Cape Riley. 4 South-east point of Byam Martin’s Island. 
|| In Winter Harbour on Melville’s Island. All the observations from 
2d September 1819 to 25th August 1821, were made on this island, for the 
most part during an excursion in the interior. a 
an 
