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The following is the scale of the Temperature of the air, by 
the Thermometer for the month of March, 1830. 
Highest 
Lowest 
Higliestj Lowest 
. 1 
Highest 
Lowest 
March 
Below 
Above 
March 
Below 
Above 
March 
Below 
Above 
1 
37 
28 
12 
35 
23 
20 
2 
2 
37 
24 
13 
37 
18 
24 
15 
5 
8 
38 
24 
14 
35 
22 
25 
5 
Zero. 
4 
35 
24 
15 
36 
19 
26 
8 
•H 
5 
36 
23 
16 
37£ 
20 
27 
22 
Zero. 
6 
37i 
3 
17 
38 
20 
2‘S 
12 
4| 
7 
30 
25 
18 
38 
38 
29 
15 
3 h 
8 
28 
19 
37 
18 
30 
4 
17 
9 
29 
20 
30 
12 
31 
20 
10 
30 
21 
27 
12 
11 
30 
I" 
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The operations of the sailors, in the beginning of April, were 
chiefly confined to clearing away the banking of snow, and 
building a snow-house as a shed for the thermometer. On the 
3d, the Esquimaux came from the huts to the eastward, and 
brought a seal, the weight of which was 235 tbs. ; they re¬ 
ceived a file in return, with which they were highly pleased. 
After divine service on Sunday the 4th, a number of Esqui¬ 
maux came to the ship from the north, two of whom were going 
to some place at a distance, where they had left their canoes on 
the setting in of the winter. This was an opportunity not to 
be lost by Commander Ross, of examining that part of the 
country where the canoes were left; especially as it was to the 
westward, where the solution of the important question of an 
open sea might perhaps be solved. It was determined, that the 
two Esquimaux, who were going for the canoes, should remain 
