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ing obfervations for determining the variation of the 
needle. 
Ak.QL.L 
Ar>m 
49" 51' 
3l 37 
50 36 
3} 0 
3' 1 8'' mud: be fubtra&ed from the 
G s ait. for the dip of the horizon. 
From the firft obfervation the variation comes out 
31 0 33', and from the fecond 30° 2' - y and the mean 
of both is 30° 47' \ wefterly. 
b the 1 6th. The former part of thefe 24 hours 
vve ran through feveral very ftrong replings of the 
tide, which made us lufpeift that we might be 
nearer the entrance of the Straights than our accounts 
fhewed us to be ; and therefore about 1 1 h. the 
whole fleet brought to, as the fog was exceeding 
thick. We now compared all our reckonings, and 
alfo with the commodore and brig’s people, and 
found them all to agree very near : mine, which 
was about long. 6i° W. being the headmoft. 
About 16 h. wefaw the firft ifleofice; but it was 
at too great a diftance for me to give any farther ac- 
count of it. 
j July the 1 8th. This day, and yefterday, we have 
run through feveral very ftrong riplings of tide ; and 
have pafled by many iflands of ice ; but their diftance, 
and the thicknefs of the fog, rendered it impofiible 
for me to give any account of them. 
$ the 19th. Pafled within a cable’s length of a 
very large iflsnd of ice, or rather frozen (now, for 
it appeared to me to be nothing elfe. It was about 
ns high out of the water as our main-top, and was 
adorned both on its top and fldes with fpires; and 
indented 
