LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT. ROSS. 
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The following is the scale of the Temperature of the exterior 
Atmosphere for the month of January 1830. 
1 
Highest 
Lowest 
Highest 
Lowest 
Highest 
Lowest 
Jan. 
Below 
Above 
Below 
Above 
Below 
Above 
1 « 
16£ 
15 
12 
35 
321 
23 
37 
34 
2 
21 
15 
13 
33 
26 
24 
33 
28 
3 
17 
11 
14 
40 
36 
25 
27 
201 
4 
10 
7 
15 
39 
38 
26 
31 
27 
5 
9 
5 
16 
42 
36 
27 
32 
15 
6 
15 
111 
17 
43 
37 
28 
24 
17 
7 
12 
7 
18 
30 
10 
29 
23 
17 
8 
23 
12 
19 
22 
9 
30 
30 
20£ 
9 
29 
27 
20 
39 
24 
31 
32 
28 
10 
36 
34 
21 
40 
21 
3 
11 
3 
29 
22 
381 
35 
■ 
The month of February set in with an intensity of cold, 
which precluded almost every kind of out door work; the ice 
was found to be 6 feet and a half in thickness; and at one parti¬ 
cular time, the thermometer was 45 degrees below Zero, making 
77 degrees below the freezing point. In spite however of the 
inclemency of the weather, the Esquimaux visited the ship 
every day, and on one occasion the man accompanied them, who 
stole an article from the cabin, but he performed the act with 
so much dexterity that the loss was not discovered until some 
time after his departure from the ship. He now came with his 
face bound up, and evidently suffering under great pain. Capt. Ross 
considered this to be a good opportunity to obtain restitution of 
the stolen property, and he worked upon the credulity of the 
thief, by assuming the character of the physician, and after 
pretending to inspect the diseased part, and performing some 
