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our observations, is latitude 53° 56' 40" N. ; 

 longitude 102° 16' 41" W., by the chrono- 

 meters ; variation, 17° 17' 29" E. ; dip of the 

 needle, 83° 12' 50". The whole of the tra- 

 velling distance between York Factory and 

 Cumberland House is about six hundred and 

 ninety miles. 



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