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On the 13th a light South-west freeze obtained at the Antarctic station, pressure increasing, the 

 tonii>r;iturc - 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 entered in the record 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. 



30th July to 8th August, 1902. 



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 4 inch at the " Gauss " station, and the direction of the wind changed 

 from West-north-west on the 30th to East-by-south on the 31st, increasing in force at the same time. On 

 the 1st August the mercury had fallen as low as 27 '82 inches, and a whole gale was blowing from East- 

 by-north. The temperature had risen 10 since noon G.M.T. of the preceding day. 



A diminution of pressure and decrease in wind force recorded at Kerguelen Island and on board ships 

 in the neighbourhood of the island, on the 6th and 7th August, appear to have been associated with a 

 diminution of pressure, rise of temperature, and increase of wind from East-by-north to gale force, recorded 

 on board the "Gauss " on the 7th and 8th of the month. 



15th to 17th August, 1902. 



Reduction of pressure at the island, again, on the 15th to the 17th of the same month, was followed at 

 the "Gauss" station by a rise of temperature between the 16th and 17th of 25, and a fall in the 

 barometer of 0'74 inch between the 17th and 18th, together with an increase of wind from East-by-north 

 on the 18th to storm force. 



llth and 12th, 20th and 21st October, 1902. 



Diminishing pressure, accompanied by increase of wind, recorded at Kerguelen Island and by ships in 

 the neighbourhood of the island on the llth and 12th October, and again on the 20th and 21st of that 

 month, was followed at the German Antarctic station by decline of pressure, rise of temperature, and 

 increase of wind to whole gale force. 



llth to 14th December, 1902. 



On the llth December a fall in the barometer of more than half an inch had been recorded at Kerguelen 

 Island for the previous 24 hours, and the ship " Niagara," some 250 miles north-eastward of the island, 

 was experiencing a strong gale from North-north-west. On the following day the centre of disturbance, 

 progressing eastward, had passed the meridian of the station at Kerguelen, and the S.S. " Salamis," in the 

 immediate neighbourhood of the island, had a strong wind from South-by-west. At the German station 

 in the Antarctic pressure was then giving way, but the wind, from East-north-east, was light. About 

 1300 miles due north of the " Gauss" the " Loch Torridon" recorded a strong wind from North-by-west 

 and a barometer reading of 29 '56 inches, which was 0'28 inch higher than the reading recorded at the 

 same time on board the " Gauss." 



The " Niagara," then in about 45 S. latitude, 81 E. longitude, still had the wind from Northward, 

 and was therefore in front of the trough of the depression. On the 13th the " Loch Torridon" and the 

 '' Niagara " carried a Westerly wind, and the latter, in about 45 S. latitude, 86| E. longitude, was 

 running before a fresh gale, with the central low to the southward of her. 



