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mercury continued to fall : on the 25th it had fallen to 29'11 inches and the thermometer marked 16 F. ; 

 the direction of the wind had not changed, but the force had increased to 10. 



The barometer was down to 28'49 inches on the 26th ; the thermometer hud risen to 17 F. and the 

 wind still blew with the force of a whole gale from east by north. On the day following the mercury had 

 risen to 28'72 inches and was still rising; temperature had dropped to 16 F. and the gale continued, 

 unabated, from the same point. The wind moderated on the 28th, when the mercury had risen to 

 29-23 inches. 



Between the 2nd and 6th of May, 1902, pressure at Kerguelen Island diminished from 29'92 inches to 

 28-84 inches, and fresh winds were experienced from north-westward, backing to westward. The temper- 

 ature between the 4th and 5th had risen from 34 F. to 42 F. From the 4th to the 7th of the month, 

 inclusive, the "Gauss" station was visited by a strong to whole gale from east by north, pressure having 

 diminished from 29-24 inches, on the 3rd, to 28-52 inches on the 6th, and temperature risen during that 

 period from - 4 F. to 23 F. Again, between the 15th and 17th of the same month, pressure at Kerguelen 

 Island declined from 29 -33 inches to 28 '90 inches, and temperature rose from 30 F. to 42 F. Strong 

 winds from between west-north-west and west-south-west were recorded at this time and also on the 18th 

 at the island, and strong winds and gales on board ships in the neighbourhood of the island. 



At the German station in the Antarctic the barometer showed a fall from 29-23 inches to 29-09 inches 

 between the 17th and 18th, the thermometer a rise from 9 F. to 13 F., and the wind, from east by north, 

 increased in force to a fresh gale. On the 19th the barometer had risen to 29-24 inches, and the wind 

 increased from the same point to a whole gale. Next day the mercury had risen to 29-43 inches, temper- 

 ature had dropped to 8 F., and the gale was over. 



A rapid diminution of pressure, rise of temperature, and increase of wind to gale force which occurred 

 from the 4th to the 6th June at the Antarctic station was evidently associated with a diminution of 

 pressure and increase of wind to gale force previously recorded (between the 3rd and 5th of the month) at 

 Kerguelen Island and on board the S.S. " AVaimate " in a position, on the 4th, rather more than 100 miles 

 south of the island. 



Subsequently, between the 6th and 7th of June, the "Waimate," passing the meridian of the "Gauss" 

 station in latitude 50.V S., experienced a fresh to strong gale from west-south-west, veering to north-west, 

 while pressure increased at the Antarctic station, and the wind moderated from a whole gale to a strong 

 breeze. 



On the 5th July a rapid fall of the mercury recorded at Kerguelen Island and on board ships 

 approaching the neighbourhood of the island resulted in an increase of wind on the 6th, which had backed 

 from north-west to west, and blew a fresh gale from the latter direction. During these two days the 

 mercury at the "Gauss" station fell - 58 inch, and the thermometer rose 11, and on the 7th an 

 increasing wind attained the force of a fresh gale. The barometer then commenced to rise ; the temper- 

 ature had risen 5 since the preceding day, and marked 21 F. Next day the gale was over. 



From the 12th to the 13th of the same month barometric pressure at Kerguelen Island declined from 

 29-82 inches to 28*84 inches, the wind at the same time backing from north-west to west, and freshening. 

 Between the 1 1th and 12th the thermometer had risen 4. 



On the 13th a light south-west breeze obtained at the Antarctic station, pressure increasing, the temper- 

 ature - 11 F. On the 14th the barometer there read as high as 29-58 inches ; the temperature had risen 

 to - 4 F., but the wind had backed to east by south, and was logged as a fresh breeze. On the 15th the 

 mercury had fallen half an inch, the thermometer risen 19, and the wind was blowing with storm force 

 from east by north. With a slight recovery of pressure on the 16th, it moderated to a fresh gale, but 

 subsequently increased to a strong gale, still from the same point, and this continued, pressure the while 

 declining, until the 18th, when the barometer had fallen to 28 '61 inches, and the thermometer marked 

 17 F. Pressure recovered next day and the wind moderated, but the temperature had risen to 20 F. ; 

 it fell, however, on the 20th to 1 F. 



A rapid fall in the barometer from 30-37 inches to 29 '62 inches occurred at Kerguelen Island between 

 the 30th and 31st July, occasioning an increase of wind, and associated with a slight rise of temperature. 

 On these days the mercury fell 0'4 inch at the "Gauss" station, and the direction of the wind changed 



