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of Finmarkers, some of whom spoke the Danish 

 language. They informed us of the town of If am- 

 merfest being close by, and offered to take us in. 

 This offer was soon embraced, and, in a few hours, 

 the town opened to our view ; which, to our as- 

 tonishment, contained a church, batteries, &c. 

 The Captain of the portion made his appear- 

 ance, and anchored us in safety. I made a sur- 

 vey of this place, and ascertained its latitude and 

 longitude as correctly as possible, which are as- 

 follow : 



The latitude of Hammerfest Town, 

 ascertained by a good Sextant 

 and False-Horizon, taken on 

 shore, was found 70° 38' 34" N. 



Longitude, by Arnold's chronome- 

 ter, No. 1981, taken on shore} by 

 the same means . . 24 28 E. 



Variation by same means . 114 W. 



Range of thermometer on board from 70° to 75° 



Range of thermometer on shore 75 80 



High water on full and change, at three hours ; 

 rise and fall 8 feet. I found it is very much in- 

 fluenced by the wind, and when it blows strongly 

 from the N. W. it rises considerably higher. 



