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29 35 inches, the thermometer had risen to 1 7 P., and a strong gale from Ka.t-by-north had set in The 

 mercury continued to fall, on the 25th it had fallen to 29 -11 inchea, and the thermometer marked 1 

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



Ths barometer was down to 28 '49 inches on the 26th ; the thermometer had ruen to 17' F, and the 

 wind still blew with the force of a whole gale from East-by-north. () tJ,,- day f.,ll,,wi,, K the mercury had 

 risen to 28 -72 inches and was still rising; temperature had dropped to 1C V., and t),,- gle continued, 

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

 29 23 inches. 



2nd to 6th May, 19o.'. 



Between the 2nd and 6th May, 1902, pressure at Kerguelen Island diminished from l!'.i ;_ j,,, !,<* to 

 28-84 inches, and fresh winds were experienced from North-westward, lacking to Westward. The 

 temperature between the 4th and 5th had risen from 34 F. to 42* F. Fr.-m the 4th to the 7th of the 

 month, inclusive, the " Gauss" station was visited by a strong to whole gale from East-by-m.rth, prewure 

 having diminished from 29-24 inches, on the 3rd, to 28'52 inches on the r,tl,, and u-.nperature riwn 

 during that period from - 4 F. to 21 F. 



15th to 19th May, 1902. 



Again, between the 15th and 17th of the same month, pressure at Kerguelen Island d.-, lim-d from 

 29-33 inches to 28 -90 inches, and temperature rose from 30 F. to 42 F. Strong wind* 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, 

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



4th to 7th June, 1902. 



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. " Waimate," 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 50J 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. 



5th to 8th July, 10(',.'. 



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 0'58 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 tempe- 

 rature had risen 5 since the preceding day, and marked 21* F. Next day the gale was ov.-r. 



llth to 18th July, 1 



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 llth and 12th the thermometer had risen 4. 



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