SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 



ARCTIC S E A S 



BY 



ELISHA KENT KANE, )I\D., U.S.N. 



MADE DURING THE SECOND ORINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OP SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 



IN 1803, 185-1, AND 1855, AT VAN RENSSELAER HARBOR, AND OTHER 



POINTS ON THE WEST COAST OF GREENLAND. 



REDUCED AND DISCUSSED. 

 BY 



CH A RLKS A. S C H T T, 



ASSISTANT II. S. COAST SI7HVKV. 



[ACCEPTED FOU PUBLICATION, MAY, 1 8 5 S . ] 



