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vations of Captain Parry in lat. 70° 43' 

 north long. 98° 54' west, its mean place 

 being in lat. 70° 0' north, long. 98° 31' 

 west, which is between Port Bowen and 

 Fort Franklin; the former being situated 

 in lat. 73° 14' north, long. 88° 54' west, and 

 the latter in 65° 12' north, long. 123° 12' 

 west. It appears, therefore, that for the 

 same months, at the interval of only one 

 year, Captain Parry and myself were making 

 hourly observations on two needles, the 

 north ends of which pointed almost directly 

 towards each other, though our actual dis- 

 tance did not exceed eight hundred and 

 fifty-five geographical miles ; and while the 

 needle of Port Bowen was increasing its 

 westerly direction, ours was increasing its 

 easterly, and the contrary, — the variation 

 being west at Port Bowen and east at Fort 

 Franklin ; a beautiful and satisfactory proof 

 of the solar influence on the daily varia- 

 tion." 



THE END. 



