KXI'KIMTION TO POINT IJAIMJOW, ALASKA. 339 



Tt'ii>< rnltu-i' of Ilic I'lirlh tit r<//<i<iii<', Al<ixl-,fi-<>ni Ikcfmlicr 8, ISSl, tn l-H<ruiin/ 17, 1883. 



' Five feet of snow was removed from over tlie shaft. The thermometer T;IS buried iu bottom, same as on December 17, when tho 

 temperature vran taken. 



i this date until the closing of the station the ti-nipeniture was observed daily at this depth, and found to be constunt ;it IIP. 



METEOROLOGY OF MEADE RIVER RECONNAISSANCE. 



Those observations were takcu by Lieut. P. H. Kay, and Mr. A. O. Dark, during the sledgo 

 journey towards the headwaters of Mcade Kiver, from March 28 to April 7, 1883, inclusive. The 

 instruments used were one aneroid barometer, and two ordinary spirit -thermometers, protected 

 by tubular wooden cases open at the bottom, and exposed by hanging them to the mast of the 

 sled, four feet from the ground. The velocity of the wiud was estimated, and its direction indicated 

 by u fly of bunting at the masthead. 



