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The above table of Magnetic Observations is inserted here to show how rapidly the easterly variation diminished, until we crossed the line of no variation during the night of the 23d, in latitude 62º 0′ S., and longitude 135° 50′ E.; thence how quickly the westerly variation increased until the 28th, when in lat. 57° 20′ and long. 127° 49′ E., it amounted to 8° 47′ W.; and again, how regularly it