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 . 620 APPENDIX. W. to 2° 20W.: bright at , 1° 55W., 2° 15W.,1° 58 W.: motion to , 2° 12 W., W.,1° 55 W., 2° 10 W.: faint mass at , 1° 57 W.,2° 05 W., 1° 50 W.: spiral band to E., 2° 1° 55 W., 1° 58 W., 1° 48 W., 1° 55 W.,1° 4-8 W., 1° 55 W.: motion N. to E., 1° 4-8 W.,1° 55 W., 1° 48 W. Time at beginning 17h 59m 00s ending 18 03 30 Interval 4 30 -58< Calm, Temperature, observatory, —49°, air,blue sky, and mi
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 . 620 APPENDIX. W. to 2° 20W.: bright at , 1° 55W., 2° 15W.,1° 58 W.: motion to , 2° 12 W., W.,1° 55 W., 2° 10 W.: faint mass at , 1° 57 W.,2° 05 W., 1° 50 W.: spiral band to E., 2° 1° 55 W., 1° 58 W., 1° 48 W., 1° 55 W.,1° 4-8 W., 1° 55 W.: motion N. to E., 1° 4-8 W.,1° 55 W., 1° 48 W. Time at beginning 17h 59m 00s ending 18 03 30 Interval 4 30 -58< Calm, Temperature, observatory, —49°, air,blue sky, and misty. December 25th. — At 9h the needle was vibrat-ing in the same manner as when the aurora waspresent; and the sky was clear, except an arch of verystreaky and filmy clouds which extended from the zenith to E. The resemblance to the corus-. cations was perfect, but I could not detect any motion;yet the needle indicated such ; for it varied in the read-ings between 0° 30 E. and 0° 55 E. At noon alight mass of cloud remained at ; the sun was APPENDIX. 621 bright, about 3° 30 high, and a light breeze prevailedfrom E. S. E.; still the needle was moving between1° 10 E. and 1° 30 E. Thermometer, observatory,—33^°, air, —37°, sun, —36. January 15th. — There was a calm nearly all day,the weather sometimes clear, sometimes overcast, andthe needle had been found always vibrating slowly andunequally. At 10h the moon bore E., and wasdimly seen through the grey haze that overcast the sky :I found the needle moving at 1° 00 E., and immedi-ately ran out, but could not detect any aurora, exceptby a softened flaky appearance for a moment at ,at an angle of about 45° ; on my return, the needle wasstill vibrating at 1° 20 E., from which it went at once to7° 50 E., the farthest I ever saw; it then returned
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