( '17 ) 
X.ObferVations of the Variations of the Needle and Weather, made hi aVoyage 
to Hudfon’s-Bay, in the Year I 73 1 , by Capu Chriftopher Middleton, 
communicated to the Royal Society by Mr. Benjamin Robins, E ( P V S'. 
with a Letter to Mr. Robins. 
Month 
and 
Days. 
Sj so 
§ 
EC 
Barom. 
Alt. 
Therm 
Alt. 
Lat. p 
Davis 
or Ac r 
.1 Lat. /w* 
■ Elton, 
Obf. 
bO 
G 
O 
►J 
Need. 
Variat. 
Obf. 
Winds. 
| Weather. 
1 
1 73 1 
9 
j 
EN E. 
June 14 
1 2 
30 
26 
59-17 
S d -5 2 
17.30 
SE. 
Fair and Clofe. 
9 
SEbE. 
Dit. 
1 5 
9 
32 
2 5 | 
Fair and Clofe. 
12 
31 
25 j 
59.24 
Obf. 
8 d . S 8 
18. 
ESE. 
Dit. 
9 
32 
2 4 + 
Dit. 
Dit. 
16 
9 
32 
24 4 
ESE. 
Dit. 
12 
3 2 
24.3 
59 * 3 ° 
11.50 
19. 
Dit. 
Dit. 
7 
9 
S 2 
24 i 
Dit. 
Dit, 
17 
9 
3 i 
24 
S E bS. 
Dit. 
1 2 
3 i 
2 4 7 
59-35 
15.10 
20. 
Dit. 
Dit.— at 2 fmall Rain* 
9 
24 
SbW. 
Dit. 
18 
9 
3 i 
24 
s w. 
Cloudy with fmall Mill. 
12 
30 
24 
59.29 
1 8-45 
21. 
SWbS. 
Foggy 5 with fmall Rain. 
9 
29 
23 
• \ 
NN W. 
Fair and clear, but cloudy. 
l 9 
9 
3 i 
25 
Dit. 
Clear, with Clouds. 
12 
3 i 
25 
58.54' 
58.52 
Obf. 
21.15 
21 . 3 ° 
Dit. 
Hazy, with fmall Rain, 
6 
30 
24 
Nb E. 
Fair and Clear. 
20 
9 
30 
24 
Acc. 
SE. 
Clear, with fmall Rain, 
12 
30 
24 k 
58-47 
58.55 
Obf. 
24.I I 
22. 
Dit. 
Fair and Cloudy. 
9 
29 
2 4 \ 
I. 
SEbS. 
Foggy, frefh Gales & Rain, 
21 
9 
27 
2 4 \ 
- 
SE. 
Frefh Gales, with much Rain 
12 
26 
24 
58.47 
29.13 
24. 
Dit. 
Dit. 
9 
25 
24 
Dit. 
Little Wind and foggy. 
22 
9 
25 
24 
Acc. 
ESE 
Dit.- -with fmall Rain, 
f 
12 
| 
24 
2 3 i 
58.42 
58.47 
Obf. 
32.54 
26. 
Obf. 
SEbE. 
Foggy. 
9 , 
24 
2 3 ~ 
ESE. 
Dit. 
23 
9 
2 6r 
25 
NEbE. 
Frefh Gales, hazy k mifty. 
12 1 
| 
28 
25 . 
58.38 
36.55 
26. 
ENE. 
Dit. 
9 
30 
26 L 
Dit. 
Frefh Gales, with Clouds. 
24 
9 
30 
26 t 
4 
E S E. 
Fair, with little Winds. 
I2 i 
29 
2 5 ^i 
58.37 
Obf. 
4 0 .56 
27 . 3 ° 
Dit. 
Dit. 
9 
28 
2 H 
-■ 1 
Dit. 
Dit. 
25 
9 
28 
2 5 i 
_..l 
EbS. 
Light Winds k fairWeather. 
; 
, 2 | 
27 
25 i 
58.32 
Jbf. [43 
30, Obf. 
Dit, 
Fair and Clear. 
June 
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