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Meteorological Observations.. 
Meteorological Observations, made on board of the U. States Ship 
Peacock, on her passage from Huacho, (Peru,) to the United 
States, via Cape Horn,* 1837. 
Date. 
‘osition. 
oat Ep 
Lat. 
12°18’ s. 
July 8 | Lon. 
78° 59' 
Lat. 
14°14’ s. 
66 
9 
Lon. 
80°58’ w. 
Lat. 
16° 18’ 
“ 10 
Lon. 
82° 46’ 
Mate 
17° 25's. 
“ 1 
Lon. 
84° 10’ 
Lat. 
17° 31's. 
6 12 
Lon. 
84° 29’ 
Lat. 
18°3's. 
66 13 
Lon. 
85° 42’ 
Hour. 
Barometer. 
m.|29.95 
4|29.96 
§|29.99 
0/30.00 
4)29.98 
§/29.98 
i (29.98167 
4\29.93) 
8|29.96 
Q)29.95 
4|29.94 
30.00 
“|m,|30.00 
4|30.65 
§|30.06 
0/30.00 
29.98 
30.03 
30.03/67 
30.00 
30.03 
30.00 
30.05 
30.05 
30.08/68 
30.08 
30.05 
30.05 
30.05 /6 
30.05 
30.09 
30.00 
30.02 
30.00 
30.00 
oronrlloanomntlignowstlan 
30.05 
| Water. 
7070, 
6970 
6769 
69 70 
Calm. 
Sd. Ed. 
Calm. 
Variable) 3 
Sd. Ed. 
66 
67 69 
68'70 
66 
[Dictate 
13 
Weather. 
Pleasant. 
66 
66 
Cloudy. 
Cloudy, reefs. 
Squally. 
Cloudy. 
Cloudy and squally. 
Cloudy. 
66 
Flawy. 
Pleasant. 
Squally. 
Squally, reefs. 
Cloudy. 
Moderate. 
* The observations after doubling Cape Horn, are, by permission of the author, 
omitted—as those now published give the most interesting, and the remainder, 
although valuable, are too extensive for our pages.—Ep.: 
