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WINDS OF THE GLOBE. 



Felix Harbor, Boothia Felix, under direction of John Ross from October 1st, 1829, to September 

 30th, 1830. 



ileliHlk Island and vicinity, by Parry from August 28th, 1819, to August 27th, 1820. For 314 

 days the observations were made at Winter Harbor, on the southern shore of the island ; for 48 days 

 along the southern shore, and for the remaining four days a little eastward from the island. 



Port Bowen and vicinity, by Parry at Port Bowen, from September 28th, 1824, to July 19th, 1825, 

 in Prince Regent's Inlet for 46 days, and in the neighboring seas for 24 days, to complete the year. 



Port Kennedy and vicinity, by McClintock from August 19th, 1858, to August 18th, 1859, viz. : 

 at the port from September IGth, 1858, to August 8th, 1859 ; in Bellot Straits, and other places 

 within CO miles of the port, from August 19lh to September 15th, 1858, and from August 9th to 

 15th, 1859, and during the 16th, llth, and 18lh of August, 1859, in Prince Regent's Inlet, at dis- 

 tances from the port varying from 60 to 160 miles. 



Sheriff's Harbor, Boothia Feli.x, by John Ros.s from October 1st, 1830, to September 30tb, 1831. 



Victoria Harbor, Boothia Felix, by John Ross from October 1st, 1831, to March 31st, 1832. 



(No. 1.) Arctic Ocean. Longitude 155° to 175" W. 



Summer. North 119, N. N. E. 18, N. E. 126, E. N. E. 9. East 30, E. S. E. 14, S. E. 23, S. S, 

 E. 14. South 32, S. S. W. 7, S. W. 43, W. S. W. 22. West 26, W. N. W. 7, N. W. 45, N.N. W 

 22. Calm or variable 24. Direction of resultant N. 14^ 1' E. Ratio of resultant to sum of winds 

 .30. Number of days 286. 



Autumn. North 60, N. N. E. 17, N. E. 135, E. N. E. 7. East 24, E. S. E. 2, S. E. 12, S. S. E. 0. 

 South 30, S. S. W. 4, S. W. 15, W. S. W. 6. West 21, W. N. W. 2, N. W. 7, N. N. W. 10. Calm 

 or variable 8. Direction of'resultant N. 34° 14' E. Ratio of resultant to sum of winds .44^. 

 Number of days 180. 



(Nos. 2 and 3.) 



Baring's Island. 



Captain McClnre, speaking of the possibility of efiFecting a passage toward the northeast, on tlie 

 southeast side of the island, between it and Prince Albert's Land, in latitude 72" 50' to 73" 13', and 

 longitude 115i° to 118°, says, "I considered it not practicable, except under the favorable circum- 

 stance of a continuance of southwesterly winds, which would drive the ice into Barrow Strait ; but I 

 imagine there would be but little difficulty in coming in from the N. E.,/?-o?;i which quarter loe 

 found the tvinds to prevail." Again, speaking of the sea on the northwest side of the island, he 

 says, "we have invariably remarked that there is a decidedly easterly current" (i. e. toward the east) 

 " which impels the enormous polar floes in that course ; while the lighter, influenced by the wind, is 

 oftentimes setting in the opposite direction." 



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