46 TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, AND SPORT. 



station, we often had strong wind with 38 3 , and storm 

 with 30 and under. "When the temperature fell under 

 40 it was generally calm or a light breeze, under 

 45 we had a complete calm. To go long stretches 

 against a fresh breeze with 30 cold, or even colder, 

 was anything but agreeable nose, cheeks, and ears 

 were easily liable to be frost-bitten. This can be 

 obviated, however, without much difficulty by bind- 

 ing a thin silk handkerchief over the nose, and letting 

 the corners hang down over the mouth, by which 

 inspiration is made less disagreeable than otherwise 

 it would be. During the whole winter we had only 

 a few very trifling injuries from the frost, notwith- 

 standing that we were out in all possible weathers. 



In the severest and coldest storms the watch in 

 the magnetic observatory had to be changed every 

 six hours. In the course of the winter we had some 

 uncommonly high readings of the barometer as, for 

 example, on February 17th, at 6 P.M., 790 m.m. at 

 67 Fahr., or reduced to decimals, = 788.1 m.m., 

 which is four millimetres higher than the highest 

 reading recorded in the literature we have on 

 board. 



From the beginning of the month of December we 

 made hourly tidal observations. Ebb and flood could 

 scarcely be distinguished. The greatest variation dur- 

 ing the spring-tide was only six to eight inches. The 

 water-level, however, varied greatly according to the 

 direction and strength of the wind. The extent of 



