NOTES TO OCTOBER RECORD.

1st. Ice drift N. W.; a ptarmigan caught by the dogs; a flock of eider-ducks and a raven seen. 2d. Dusk at 7h.

3d. Dawn at 5h. 10m., dusk at 71.

4th. Dusk at 6h. 30m.; at 11 P. M. an aurora in W. N. W.

5th. Dawn at 5h. 30m., dusk at 6h. 30m.; at midnight longitude by chronometer and Jupiter 65° 45′ W. 6th. Dawn at 5h. 20m.; tried for soundings with 140 fathoms; dusk at 6h 30m.

7th. Dawn at 5h. 35m., dusk at 6h. 25m.; two bear tracks near the ship.

8th. Dawn at 5h. 35m., dusk at 6h. 10m.

9th. 2 A. M. aurora seen from S. S. E. to E. S. E.; dawn at 5h. 30m.; a raven seen; dusk at 6h. 0m. 10th. Dawn at 5h. 35m., dusk at 5h. 55m.

11th. Dawn at 6h. 0m., dusk at 5h. 10m.

12th. Dawn at 5h. 30m., dusk at 5h. 40m.; a flock of eider-ducks passed to the southward; fox and bear tracks seen; between 8 and 10 P. M. some shooting stars.

13th. Dawn at 5h. 35m., dusk at 5h. 30m.

14th. Dawn at 6h. 0m., dusk at 5h. 30m.; the young ice opened for some miles in length; a slight swell observed.

15th. Dawn at 5h. 30m., dusk at 5h. 30m.

16th. Dawn at 6h. 30m., dusk at 5h. 30m.; seals in the lane of water; tried for soundings with 165 fathoms.

17th. Dawn at 6h. 15m., dusk at 5h. 15m.; high land seen from north to N. E. by E. (true); seals in the lane of water, also narwhals; thickness of young ice one month old, 1 foot 3.8 inches; overlying snow, 2 inches.

21st. Dawn at 6h.

50m., dusk at 4h. 15m.; distant land bearing E. N. E., true; a large seal seen. 45m., dusk at 4h. 10m.

50m., dusk at 4h. 35m.; a fox track near the ship, and a seal seen.

22d. Dawn at 6h.

23d. Dawn at 7h.

24th. Dawn at 7h.

0m., dusk at 4h. 30m.

25th. Dawn at 6h. 35m., dusk at 4h. 20m.

26th. Dawn at 7h. 50m., dusk at 4h. 15m.; Cape York N. 3° E. (true); Cape Dudley Digges N. 500 E. (true).

27th. Dawn at 7h. 0m., dusk at 4h. 30m.

28th. Dawn at 7h. 10m., dusk at 4h. 15m.; the ice opening and in motion near the ship.

29th. Daylight at 7h. 20m.; a lane of water crossing the bows and distant two hundred yards; a long lane on port beam distant one mile, and extending east and west two or three miles; dusk at 4h. 30th. Ice movement and pressure all preceding night within two hundred yards of the ship; at 4h. 30m. A. M. slight aurora from S. to S. S. E. (true); dawn at 7h. 15m., dusk at 4h. 0m.; at 10 P. M. ice in motion.

31st. Dawn at 7h. 20m.; wide lane of water, covered with thin bay ice in all directions; dusk at 3h. 40m.; ice in motion and water space increasing.

'Thickness of snow falling during three or four weeks, 2 inches; thickness of ice one month old, 15.8 inches.

November, 1857. RECORD OF THE WEATHER KEPT ON BOARD THE YACHT Fox, WITH GENERAL

2d. Dawn at 7h. 40m., dusk at 3h. 30m.; 8 P. M. a bear came to the ship and was shot; length 7 feet 3 inches.

3d. Dawn at 7h. 30m., dusk at 3h. 30m.

4th. Dawn at 8h. 0m., dusk at 3h. 15m.

5th. Dawn at 7h. 30m., dusk at 3h. 15m.

6th. Dawn at 7h. 45m., dusk at 3h. 15m.; ice in motion; lanes of water in the S. W. and N. W.; two seals seen.

7th.1 Dawn at 7h. 45m., dusk at 3h. 15m.; lanes of water in all directions; two dovekies shot; slight streak of aurora near horizon in the S. E. after 6 P. M.

8th. Dawn at 8h. 10m., dusk at 3h. 0m.; several seals seen; 8 P. M. faint aurora in the W. N. W. 9th. Dawn at 8h. 30m., dusk at 2h. 55m.; ice in motion, opening and closing; several seals seen; at 10 P. M. several shooting stars, and a faint lunar rainbow.

10th. 2 A. M. faint streaks of aurora from south to west, near horizon; dawn at 8h. 30m., dusk at 2h. 55m.; several seals seen.

' Notices of auroras inclosed within brackets were taken from the fourth number of Meteorological Papers of the Board of Trade.

[7th, midnight. Faint in S. W. (true) horizon, 25' in breadth, and about 280 in extent, of a pale yellow color at times, oscillating and decreasing in extent to 140; again on following night in N. N. W. horizon.]

2 [9th, midnight. In south to east (true) pale yellow to pale green, with rays streaming towards the zenith, about 70 above horizon, and rising apparently just above a bank of fog, which gradually overcame and obscured it. There were no vibrations or scintillations, but at times it appeared broken up in detached pieces. It continued for an hour and a quarter.]

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11th. A dovekie seen; two seals shot; dusk at 2h. 50m.; 8 P. M. slight aurora in S. W.; several falling stars.

12th. Dawn at 8h. 20m., dusk at 2h. 40m.; a dovekie seen; three seals shot.

13th. Dawn at 8h. 45m., dusk at 2h. 35m.; motion perceptible in the ice; a few seals and a dovekie seen. 14th. Dawn at 8h. 30m.; ice in motion, the old ice crushing up the new ice; dusk at 2h. 23m. 15th. Dawn at 8h. 45m.; ice moving; several large pools of water; a narwhal and many seals seen, one shot; dusk at 2h. 30m.

16th. Dawn at 9h. 15m.; a seal shot and a dovekie seen; dusk at 2h 15m.

17th. Dawn at 9h. 30m., dusk at 2h. 0m.

18th. Dawn at 9h. 35m., dusk at 2h. 5m.; a few seals and narwhals seen.

23d. Dawn at 9h. 45m.; one seal seen; 8 P. M. aurora near the horizon in the S. E.; at midnight, aurora from N. W. to S. W. and S. E.

24th. 2 A. M. aurora at the S. E. horizon; dusk at 1h. 45m.

25th. Dawn at 9h. 50m., dusk at 1h. 40m.; a small lane of water near the ship; only one seal seen.
26th. Dawn at 9h. 50m., dusk at 1h. 35m.
27th. Dawn at 10h. 0m., dusk at 1h. 50m.
28th. Dawn at 10h. 5m., dusk at 1h. 35m.

December, 1857. RECORD OF THE WEATHER KEPT ON BOARD THE YACHT Fox, WITH GENERAL

' [11th, midnight. Slight in S. E. (true).]

2 [23d, midnight. Very bright till 2 A. M. in N. W. to S. E. (true).]

[On the 16th, thickness of ice 2 feet inch; increase since last month, 8 inches.-B. of T. Papers.]

NOTES TO DECEMBER RECORD.

1st. Dawn at 10h. 30m., dusk at 1h. 5m.; ice crushing up at the edges of the floe.

2d. Dawn at 10h. 30m., dusk at 1h. 10m.

3d. Dawn at 10h. 30m., dusk at 1h. 0m.

4th. Dawn at 11h. 0m.; a well-marked halo and several paraselenæ, 7h. to 10h. P. M., consisting of five false moons, three arcs of halos, and a horizontal belt of light round the heaven and passing through the moon.

5th. Dawn at 10h. 30m., dusk at 0h. 50m.

6th. Unable to read by light of the sky.

7th. Dawn at 11h. 0m.; several cracks near the ship; one seal seen.

8th. Dawn at 11h. 0m.; dusk at 0h. 30m.; the cracks nearly closed.

9th. Dawn at 11h. 5m.; dusk at 0h. 45m.; midnight (9th to 10th), aurora from E. N. E. to E. S. E. (true), also several shooting stars.

10th. Dawn at 11h. 0m., dusk at 1h. 30m.; 9 P. M., faint aurora in the south, streaming towards the zenith.

11th. Dawn at 11h. 30m., dusk at 0h. 30m.

12th. Dawn at 11h. 15m., dusk at 0h. 20m.; [2 A. M., slight aurora to southward;] 10 P. M., faint aurora in N. W.

13th. Dawn at 11h. Om., dusk at 0h. 50m.; 6 P. M., bright aurora in S. E.; 10 P. M., aurora from the S. E. to N. E. [part of an arc], with rays shooting up towards the zenith.

14th. 2 A. M., faint aurora towards the southern horizon; dawn at 11h. 10m., dusk at 0h. 15m.; found a perceptible divergence in the gold leaves of an electrometer when attached to a masthead wire and passed down to the sea; 8 P. M., faint aurora in the N. E. (true).

15th. Dawn at 11h. 10m., dusk at 0h. 30m.; several shooting stars between 5 and 6 P. M.; midnight (15th to 16th), faint aurora to southward. [Thickness of ice 3 feet 0 inches; increase since last month 11 inches.-B. of T. Papers.1]

16th. No daylight. [6 P. M., aurora slight from E. to N. E., and at 10 P. M. bright from S. to N. E., continuing till 10 A. M. next day, at 6 P. M. again for one hour, across the zenith from E. to W. and N. W.; the electrometer was sensibly affected.]

17th. Dawn at 11h. 30m., dusk at 0h. 30m.; 6 P. M., slight aurora E. to N., 10 P. M., bright aurora S. to N. E.

18th. Thickness of September ice 3 feet 0 inches, overlying closely packed snow 6 inches; 4 A. M. aurora still visible, 9h. 45m. A. M. aurora disappeared; dawn at 11h. 15m., dusk at 0h. 30m.; 4 P. M., faint aurora from E. to W. and N. W., passed through the zenith; 10 P. M., aurora S. S. E. to S. S. W., near horizon.

19th. Dawn at 11h. 45m., dusk at 0h. 35m.; a wide crack, N. W. and S. E., half a mile from the ship.

20th. No daylight.

21st. Daylight at 11h. 45m., dusk at 0h. 15m.

22d. No daylight.

23d. No daylight.

24th. Dawn at 11h. 45m., dusk at 0h. 20m.; narrow lane of water recently opened to the S. W. and N. W. of the ship, and distant from one-quarter to one mile.

25th, 26th, 27th. No daylight.

28th. Dawn at 11h. 25m., dusk at 0h. 45m.

29th. Dawn at 11h. 0m., dusk at 11h. 45m.; small lanes of water, and several fresh cracks near the ship.

30th. Dawn at 11h. 15m., dusk at 0h. 45m.

31st. Dawn at 10h. 30m., dusk at 0h. 50m. [No birds seen and only one seal.-B. of T. Papers.]

Hard packed snow 6 inches thick.

January, 1858. RECORD OF THE WEATHER KEPT ON BOARD THE YACHT FOX, WITH GENERAL

1st. Dawn at 10h. 45m., dusk at 1h. 0m.; temperature in snow-hut -16°.

2d. Dawn at 10h. 30m., dusk at 1h. 30m.

3d. Dawn at 11h. 10m.

4th. Dawn at 11h. 10m., dusk at 0h. 35m.

5th. Dawn at 11h. 15m., dusk at 1h. 15m.; a lane of water in the west extending N. E. and S. W. (true); one seal seen.

6th. Dawn at 10h. 45m., dusk at 1h. 15m

7th. Dawn at 10h. 45m., dusk at 1h. 30m.

8th. Dawn at 10h. 35m., dusk at 1h. 30m.

9th. Dawn at 10h. 15m.; at 8 P. M. bright aurora from west to east (magnetic) passing through west; 10 P. M., slight aurora occasionally visible round the horizon; 11 P. M., same.

10th. Dawn at 10h. 5m., dusk at 1h. 15m.

11th. Dawn at 10h. 30m., dusk at 2h 30m.; aurora near the S. W. horizon at 9 P. M.

12th. Dawn at 10h. 30m., dusk at 1h. 45m.; at 8 P. M. a patch of aurora 8° above horizon S. by E. (true).

13th. Dawn at 9h. 50m., dusk at 2h. 10m.

14th. Daylight at 9h. 40m., dusk at 2h. 5m.

15th. Dawn at 10h. 15m., dusk at 2h. 10m.

16th. Dawn at 10h. 0m., dusk at 2h. 0m.

17th. Dawn at 9h. 50m., dusk at 2h. 30m.; a bear supposed to have alarmed the dogs; 8 P. M., aurora near horizon being S. and E. from 8 until midnight.

18th. Dawn at 9h. 15m., dusk at 2h. 40m.

19th. Dawn at 9h. 40m., dusk at 2h. 45m.

20th. Dawn at 9h. 30m., dusk at 2h. 45m.; temperature in snow-hut, 6 hours after it was built, 70 above the external temperature; these huts were built by 8 men in 45 minutes.