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The following is the scale of the Temperature of the exterior 
Atmosphere , for the month of May , 1830. 
Highest 
Lowest 
Highest 
Lowest 
Highest 
Lowest 
Above 
May. 
Below 
Above 
May. 
Below 
Above 
May. 
Below 
1 
4 
18 
12 
1 
11 
23 
11 
21 
2 
7 
18 
13 
4 
15 
24 
11 
22 
S 
7 
19 
14 
4 
15 
25 
m 
21 
4 
5 
9 
15 
4 
18 
26 
n 
25 
5 
2 
12 
16 
10 
16 
27 
23 
3,4 
6 
Zero. 
18 
17 
8 
21 
28 
27 
37 
7 
7 
28 
18 
17 
30 
29 
23 
31 
8 
1 
10 
19 
12 
22 
30 
27 
37 
9 
15 
20 
3 
20 
31 
29 
S3 
10 
2 
10 
21 
8 
13 
11 
Zero. 
14 
22 
8 
18 
1 
On the 1st June, an operation was performed on George Taylor, 
the mate, who had part of his foot cut oft*, on account of morti¬ 
fication having’ taken place ; the part having been frost-bitten, 
thirty-four days previously, every attempt to cure it having 
proved unsuccessful. When, however, the extreme severity of 
the weather, to which the men were exposed, is taken into con¬ 
sideration, it becomes a matter of surprise, that so few casualties 
occurred, as regarded the effects of the frost on a number of 
men, some of whom, indeed, from their previous experience on 
former voyages, might have been acquainted with the proper 
means of protecting themselves from the effects of the frost, but 
who, in general, were very destitute of the clothing necessary 
for their defence. This circumstance has been previously par¬ 
tially alluded to, in the refusal of Capt. Ross to allow his 
19. 8 k 
