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RECORD OF THE WEATHER 



Record of the weather clnring July, 1861. 



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July 14, 10 A. M. Unmoored ship and pulled out of Port Foulke. 7 P. M. Made fast to an iceberg one mile 

 south of Port Foulke. 



July 15. Got under way at 1" 30°^ P. M. ; made the open water at 2" 25"" ; stood towards Cape Isabella ; a 

 thick fog coming on, moored in 3 fathoms water in channel between McGary and Littleton Islands. 



July 27, lOi A. M. Got under way and stood towards the west coast ; observed latitude 78° 22' N. among the 

 floe ice off Cape Isabella. At 5|- P. M. (Green, time), in a line with Capes lugersoU and Inglefield. 



July 28, 3 A. M. Made fast to an iceberg. 6 A. M. Heading for first point south of Cape Isabella. 10 A. M. 

 Let go anchor, half a mile from shore, in a large bay ten miles south of Cape Isabella, in 9 fathoms water. New 

 ice on surface of water. 



July 29, 1 P. M. Up anchor and pulled through ice to the southward. At 3} becalmed ; fastened to an iceberg 

 off Gale Point. 8 P. M. Cast off and commenced warping from floe to floe. 10 P. M. Many narwhals and seals 

 in the vicinity of the schooner. At midnight opposite Paget Point met heavy pack ice ; kept along the margin of it. 



July 30, 6 A. M. Mattie Island bears W. by S. ; Cape Faraday N. W. by W. ; Gale Point N. by E. 7 P. M. 

 Shut in with a thick fog ; tacked ship, head to S. W. 11 P. M. Fell in with the pack stretching E. and W. ; 

 wore ship to S. E. 



July 31. Wore ship to N. at 10 A. M., Northumberland Island bears S. E. 



