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WliNDS OF THE GLOBE. 



(Nos. 9 to 15.) Baffin's Bay, Eastern Arctic Ocean, and Spitzbergen. 



Observed at the followiug places, viz. : — 



Arctic Ocean, longitude 11° 20' W. to 23° E., by Scoresby for 717 days in the springs and sum- 

 mers of 1807 to 1818 ; by Parry for 25 days in the spring of 1827 ; and by the French Commission' 

 for 35 days in the summer of 1839. 



Baffin's Bay, by lloss for 28 days in the summer of 1818 ; by Snow for 22 days, and by Penny 

 for 38 days in the summer of 1850 ; by Kane for 25 days in the summers of 1850 and 1853 ; and by 

 McClintock for 52 days in the autumn of 1857, and for 52 days in the summers of 1857 and 1858. 



Bell Sound, Southern Spitzbergen, ) by the French Commission' for 12 days in July and August, 



Slaadherg, Southern Spitzbergen, ) 1838. 



EecHa Cove, Northern Spitzbergen, by Parry from June 20th to August 28th, 1827. 



Marjdalena Bay, Northern Spitzbergen, by the French Commission' for 12 days in August, 1839. 











Eelative Prevalence of Winds from the 







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Time of the 





DiFPEKEST Points of the Compass. 





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Remarls. — The observations made in this zone, though much more abundant 

 than in the preceding one, are still too meagre to afford results that can be con- 

 fidently relied upon. Of the thirty resultants, computed for seasons, taking into 

 account only the relative length of time during which the several winds prevailed, 

 thirteen are from the N. E. quarter, three from the S. E., eight from the S. W., and 

 six from the N. W. Only four places — Northumberland Sound, Port Refuge, Port 

 Foulke, and Rensselaer Bay, aflFord data for computing the resultant for each 

 season of the year, and hence for the whole year. At two of these the annual 

 resultant is northeasterly, at one southeasterly, and at one southwesterly. At Port 



' The meteorological observers connected with this expedition were Professors C. B. Lilliehook, Charles 

 Boeck, and J. Durocher, and Messrs. V. Lattin, A. Bravais, P. A. Siljestrom, J. Gennet, E. Normand, C. Martins, 

 A. Fleurist de Langle, U. W. de G.vldenstolpe, R. Angles, J. de la Roche Poncie, G. Ferre, A. de Chastellier, A. 

 Fabvre, E. Pettier, and N. de St. Vnlfram. 



2 Nos. 11 nnd 12 combined. 



' The resultant for this season is obtained by combining the observations of Parry for 25 days, as given in the 

 text, with those of Scoresby for 371 days, which are as follows, viz. : N. by W. to N. N. E. 892, N. E. by N. to E. N. 

 E. 445, E. by N. to E. S. E. 243, S. E. by E. to S. S. E. 277, S. by E. to S. S. W. 250, S. W. by S. to W. S. W. 185, 

 VV. by S. to W. N. W. 256, N. W. by W. to N. N. W. 661, calm or vnriable 501. 



* The resultant for this season is obtained by combining the observations of the French Commission for 35 days, 

 as given in the text, with those of Scoresby for 346 days, which are as follows, viz. : N. by W. to N. N. E. 567, N. 

 E. by N. to E. N. E. 232, E. by N. to E. S. E. 191, S. E. by E. to S. S. E. 297, S. by E. to S. S. W. 538, S. W. by S. 

 to W. S. W. 417, W. by S. to VV. N. W. 218, N. W. by W. to N. N. VV. 418, calm or variable 672. 



