420 
LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT. ROSS. 
might be occasionally useful, was set to work upon the manufac¬ 
ture of a tea-pot. The weather at this time was uncommonly 
severe, for, instead of partaking of the genial influence of the 
spring, it bore all the appearance of the inclemency of the 
winter. 
The following is the scale of the Temperature of the exterior 
Atmosphere , for the month of Afrit, 1830. 
Highest 
Lowest j 
I-Iighestj Lowest 
Highest 
Lowe'st 
April 
Below 
Above j 
April 
Below 
Above 
April 
Below 
Above 
i 
10 
12 
5 
19 . 
23 
1 
17 
2 
2 
12 
13 
7 
31 
24 
16 
Zero. 
3 
16 
14 
14 
2 
14 
25 
16 
1 
4 
15 
5 
15 
1 
17 
26 
12 
Zero. 
5 
7 
4 
16 
o 
4 
27 
7 
6 
6 
* 
0 
17 
Zero. 
14 
28 
8 
1 
7 
5 
14 
18 
1 
10 
29 
14 
2 
8 
4 
17 
19 
8 
12 
30 
9 
8 
9 
7 
3 
20 
14 
Zero. 
10 
15 
8 
21 
15 
1 
21 
1 
24 
22 
V 
1 6 
10 
On the 1st of May, the crew were employed in clearing the 
snow from the ship’s side, which during the winter had accu¬ 
mulated to such a depth, as to reach nearly to the gunwales of 
the vessel; and as it was necessary that it should be careened 
thoroughly, previously to proceeding on the voyage, not a mo¬ 
ment was to be lost in removing those impediments, which 
had collected round the ship, and which, if suffered to remain, 
might actually endanger the very safety of it. 
