Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River : and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years, 1833, 1834, and 1835 . 604 APPENDIX. The needle was perfectly steady at 0° 12 E., but onreturning to the house, I could not avoid remarking adull reddish beam that darted up from E. b. N., and towhich the others near it seemed attracted. It increasedin brightness at its nearest point to the horizon, whichwas about 8° high. The western part of the archpreviously mentioned became faint, and though dis-tinctly perceptible, yet it was evident by its streamingtoward
Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River : and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the years, 1833, 1834, and 1835 . 604 APPENDIX. The needle was perfectly steady at 0° 12 E., but onreturning to the house, I could not avoid remarking adull reddish beam that darted up from E. b. N., and towhich the others near it seemed attracted. It increasedin brightness at its nearest point to the horizon, whichwas about 8° high. The western part of the archpreviously mentioned became faint, and though dis-tinctly perceptible, yet it was evident by its streamingtowards the red beam that it was concentrating at theeast. I immediately returned to the needle, and foundit had changed from 0° 12 E. to 0° 24 E., where itremained, as did the aurora also in the same place. January 15th. — At lh , on looking at the needleit appeared to be stationary at 0° 8 W., but on con-tinuing to look, without altering my position, I coulddetect it moving with the utmost steadiness, and sogently as would have escaped common observation : itwas a full minute in retrograding to 0° 00, and it againadvanced to 0° 5 W. The weath
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