OF THE POLAR SEA* 



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to the beach at Caistor, just as the ships 

 were passing by* and had applied to some 

 boatmen to convey him on board, which 

 might have been soon accomplished ; but 

 they, discovering the emergency of his case, 

 demanded an exorbitant reward, which he 

 was not at the instant prepared to satisfy, 

 and, in consequence, they positively refused 

 to assist him. Though he had travelled 

 nine successive days, almost without rest, 

 he could not be prevailed upon to withdraw 

 from the agreeable scene of a ball-room, in 

 which he joined us, until a late hour. 



On the 10th, the rain having ceased, the 

 observations for ascertaining the dip of the 

 needle were repeated, and the results, 

 compared with the former ones, gave a 

 mean of 74° 38' 20". Nearly the same dif- 

 ferences were remarked in reversing the 

 face of the instrument as before. An at- 

 tempt was also made to ascertain the mag- 

 netic force, but the wind blew too strong 

 for procuring the observation to any degree 

 of accuracy. 



The fineness of the following day induced 



