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ISLAND CAMP, DECEMBER 16, 1903, TO JANUARY 9, 1904 (continued). 



-cl inn in which Erebus smoke 

 is going. 



Not visible 



NE or NNE 



Very small column, N 



Not visible 



Smoke just visible 



None visible 



None visible 



None visible 

 None visible 



None visible 



None visible 



None visible 



In small volume, K 



In small volume, B 



In very small volume, E 



None visible 



None visible 



None visible 



None visible 



None visible 



None visible 

 None visible 

 None visible 

 None visible 

 None visible 

 Slight vapour, E 

 None visible 

 None visible 

 None visible 

 None visible 

 None visible 



Very little, NW 

 Very little (? direction) 



Low clown, NW 

 None visible 

 None visible 

 None visible 

 None visible 



Hi-marks. 



1.30 a.m. Cloudless, except .just above Erebus, where some Ci.-s. has collected. Misty low down on floe, and land also misty. Erebus 



smoke only barely visible. 

 6 a.m. Some faint Ci. and Ci.-s. dotted about the zenith and over Erebus. Otherwise cloudless. Misty generally. 



10 a.m. Ci. over summit of Erebus, hiding direction of smoke. 



11,30 a.m. Ci. in feathery detached forms all over sky. Erebus smoke visible, but direction or quantity impossible to tell. 



6 p.m. Feathery Ci. to S. No smoke visible from Erebus, but mountain quite clear. 



10 p.m. Absolutely no cloud, and no smoke visible from Erebus. 

 11.30 p.m. Absolutely cloudless. 



4.30 a.m. A good deal of refraction and mirage low down all round. Cloudless sky. 



.S a.m. Bank of Ci.-s. at alt. of 25 between NW and SE through SW. Light Ci. between E and NW to an alt. of 50. 



11.80 a.m. Ci.-s. appears to be collecting. All laud clear of cloud. 



During the afternoon Ci.-s. collected and spread, and gradually formed into very irregular lines radiating NW and SE, the NW point 

 being very marked. All laud remains clear, but has a misty look. 



H p.m. Ci.-s. clouds seem to be gradually disappearing. 



11. ;to p.m. Ci.-s. seems again to l>e forming, and passing up from SW very slowly. 



Throughout night all Ci.-a. gradually passed away to NE, leaving clear sky. A good deal of refraction and mirage. Lumps of very 

 white Cu. clouds to NW, which slowly disappeared. Only slight vapour from Erebus. 



6 a.m. Cloudless. Land misty to W. 



10 a.m. Absolutely cloudless. 



2 p.m. Heavy fog'came over from NW at, a very rapid pace, and a slight NW wind with it. Fog crystals formed. 



2.3u p.m. White bank of fog in Strait ; top of land visible. 



2.45 p.m. Land, W of Strait, obscured ; small white clouds coming over rapidly from NE. 



4.30 p.m. Fog still hanging about, but quite clear close round here. 



(5 p.m. Low fog still hanging about land to S and SE. 



8.30 p.m. Low bank of vapour on horizon at foot of Discovery. 



10 p.m. Some slight mist all over floe. Cloudless. 



11.30 p.m. Misty on floe. Cu. and Str. above western mountains and behind them. 



4.3U a.m. Peculiar lumps of mist over peninsula, with curved upper and Icwer surfaces, otherwise cloudless. 

 6.30 a.m. Similar mist forming on W side of Erebus, 1000 feet high. 



11.30 a.m. Cloudless sky. 





 Throughout the afternoon the wind was K, and for about- an hour, noon to 1 p.m., blew fresh. To N and SW \vus ;i heavy tog bank 



low diiwn. AU.ut 2.30 p.m., wind shifted to NW, fog came in rapidly, but remained more over tin- Hoe and was never thick. 



Kivbus smoke was going NW low down, but was not visible from the screen at 4.30 p.m. 

 8 p.m. Ci.-s. clouds between SK and NW through S to an alt. of 20. Heavy Htr. clouds to an alt. of 6, SW and W. Low fog bank 



between S and SW, obscuring lower parts of land to an alt. of 1. 



1W3. 

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