NO. 17.] 



OBSERVATIONS. 



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' After reading ofiF, took the screen, the instruments, and everything relating to meteorology on board, as an 

 attempt is to be made to move the vessel through the lane. ' =°. ^ 1 p. m. >^. Rod-shaped grains,_ about 



2 mm. long and circular transverse section, as far as one could see with a magnifying-glass consisting of small 

 grains united, also other unevenly formed grains. * 3..30 p. m. The screen was placed on its old place on the 

 ice, and the instruments hung up. ^ Granulous snow °. ' 7.30 p. m. *. ' Blue sky in SE and SSE. 



