240 FROM KAMTSCHATKA, &C. 



was serene. I conjecture that, in a S.E. wind, 

 Cape Prince of Wales keeps off the fog from this 

 coast, as you have only to go a few miles out to 

 sea to be involved in the thickest fog. The baro- 

 meter regularly stands higher in a S.E. than in any 

 other wind, without reference to the weather, of 

 which I will only give one example : during a S.E. 

 wind, and gloomy weather, the barometer stood at 

 30. 20. J with a N.E. wind, and most serene wea- 

 ther, it stood at 29. 50. The mean' height of the 

 thermometer, out of the sound, was 9° heat, and 

 in it + 1 1°. All this is to be understood of the 

 American coast. 



