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XI. A MeteorologkaljGurnallept during a Green- 

 land Voyage, 1812. 



By William Scoresbyjww. M. W. S. 



(Read 22d February/ 18 12. J 



In the following Table, the three columns titled 

 Latitude, Longitude, and Barometer, refer to the 

 time of 12 o'clock mid-daj. The Latitudes and 

 Longitudes which have this mark (*) annexed, 

 are from observations of some of the heavenly bo- 

 dies : the rest are from the ship's reckoning. The di- 

 rections of the Winds are from the magnetical card. 



In the last column, Animals, S^x. seen, I have, in 

 general, used the vulgar names of the different 

 animals, not being certain of the exact situation of 

 some of them in the classification of Linnaeus^ 

 especially of the cetaceous animal vulgarly called 

 the Razor-back, from the angular form of its back, 

 somewhat like the roof of a house,- It is the 

 largest of the w^hale tribe inhabiting the Green- 

 land Seas, growing to the length of near 100 feet^ 

 its body, however, is much more slender than that 

 of the common whale. It corresponds tolerably 

 well with the generic character of the Physalus. 

 The White Whale seems to be the Physeter Macr^- 

 cephalus albicans* 



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