205 



JOURNAL OF THE "DISCOVERY." 



[1903 -August. 



4th. 



5th. 



vi-ry faint. 



6 p.m. Large quantities of small ice needles floating in the air ; faint d). 7 p.m. Temp, at Cape Armitage, -48-0 ; in n., -48-0. Caliu ; foggy, but Hear sky. 

 8 p.m. A large precipitation of minute ice needles has fallen during the interval of observations ; deposit on anemometer glass. 11 p.m. Mtet apparently tow, with 

 faint corona. Misty and cloudy most of the day. Wind strong early, falling to calm about 4 p.m., and remaining so. Barometer falling steadily all day. 



Temperature low and falling. 



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Reading of spirit minimum thermometer at time of observation. t As given in register. 



6th. 



