to return so soon. • ( 
An-1 I hold, that the Lrg • trees found heycv ^the re- ■ 
gion of sterihty. at Cape Horn, Cock's K; «"• ‘ 
puscow Lake, are matured by a corn para lively temperate | 
donate, wiihin the concavity ; that the Jine where the! 
timber of Norway and Cape Farewell terminate, marks 
the boundary of the verge, as does the line where atrri- 
is produced, about which line the tides rise high, and 1 
decline on either hand, the course of the flood tide being j 
reversed within. The line of the verge is also indicated j 
by a difference in various phenomena beyond it, such as 
there being but hur rain on it, and more and more be¬ 
yond, and the i na beyond being more cut into deep 
and narrow channels of water, and the atmosphere often 
charged with sudden fogs, and the sun appearing less 
bright, particularly in one direction, and the sea and sky 
more dark, the sea-shores more deep, bold, and high, 
the winters gradual!} more temperate, and the sea-water 
less salt, the barometer rather suddenly less fluctuating, ^ 
the Aurora TJorcaiis more South, ground swells in the 
sea gradually more frequent, whales and seals to be 
fodnd, but mackerel and herring rare, cpn train and di¬ 
versified^ ‘currents more common, winds more change'a -1 
hie and changed in character,and rendered less e fficient 
for sailing, thunder and lightning less frequent but more 
violent, the powers of vision extended to an extraovdi- 
nan distance, at times seeing farthest on a parallel line 
_ ^ £■_ _ Aianiiont. * 
at other times on a level pla ne, the climate healt hier and 
the temperature more even, the variation of the meri- - 
dian from the needle gradually more excessive and the j 
magnetic fbroe weaker, the land always coldest below, 
Springs of water more rare, the nights less dark, the ap 4 
petite and vigor of the voyagers increased, and the com j 
parative difference between the heat of the day ana ! 
Tu rr K 4. 2 
n %ht less. 
