APPENDIX. 



EECOED OF THE WEATHER AND MISCICLLANEOUS NOTES. 



Record of the weather kept on board the schooner "United States," and at Port Foulke, Korth 

 Greenland, between July 11, 1860, and October 9, 1861. 



The state of the weather is indicated by the following letters' (Beaufort's notation) : — 



h 



blue sky. 



c 



clouds (detached). 



d 



drizzling rain. 



f 



foggy. 



9 



gloomy. 



h 



hail. 



I 



lightning. 



m 



misty (hazy). 







overcast. 



P 



passing showers. 



Q 



squally. 



r 



rain. 



s 



snow. 



t 



thunder. 



u 



ugly (threatening) appearance. 



V 



visibility, objects at a distance 





unusually visible. 



w 



wet (dew). 



z 



snow-drift. 



A bar ( — ) or a dot (.) under any letter augments its signification. 



lu the following record the date adopted is that in accordance with civil reckoning ; on the voyage 

 out and on the home trip astronomical reckoning is used in the log-book, which has been changed 

 accordingly. 



' Beaufort's notation is not employed in the records of the expedition, but the state of the weather is described 

 in full. 



31 December, 1865, 



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