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Rh it. The result has proved the latter to be the more correct; and it is curious to observe that the error of its computed place is not very different from that of the north magnetic pole. In the latter case, my observations placed the pole 3° 35' south of that given by M. Gauss's theory; and a careful combination of all the observations of our late voyage, assigns the position of the south magnetic pole in 75° 5' S., and longitude 154° 8' E., or about 2° 30' also south of its place as computed by Professor Gauss. It is to be hoped that the accession of so great a number of observations as the Antarctic Expedition has supplied, will afford M. Gauss the means of perfecting his theory, by which, even with the inaccurate observations he before possessed, enabled him to calculate within very narrow limits the three magnetic elements at any given point on the surface of our globe.