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o£ the Hudson-Bay compaoy's officers for taking auxiliary obaervalioni; Ihence to York Factory. wbere, in consequenca of slioal water, the i-toamer WBB obliged to anchor eighteen mileB from the post, — a fact likely to prevent this most [mportaut station o( the Eudson-Uay eompaoy from attaining com- ~. importance. At this place there has been
 * years au observer in conneclioji with

Ilie raeteoro logical service, and nothing more was required than comparison and adjustment of instru- ments. Prom York Factory the return trip was be- gun on the 12lh of September, and a fifth station was established on the soulh-wealern extremity of Di^ei Island, where a good harbor, named Port Laperrlere, opposite to, and forty-five miles from, Port De-

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��In iliis end >■! the strait point to these two sta- tions as of the lilgbest Ittipor- tance. There re- mained now but

establish, which had been intend- ed for Resolution Island or the lower Savage Islands. Onbutii trips this neigh- borhood was carefully exam-

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Meteorol laical observations are to be lAken regu- larly throughout the year, at fuur-hoiir intervile. three of these times being synchronous with the series taken by llie regular observers of the meleoro- io^icai service.

After each observation, during daylight, the strait is to be examined with the telescope, and a record ot its stale written down at the time, including direction, and, when possible, velocity of tide, movemenu of an; ice, and whether much broken up, solid Geld, etc. Each day the lime and height ot high and low water are to be observed, and, during the open seasoq, ihp character of the tide noted for two days before, and three days after, the full and cbange of the moou, Detailed instructions tor making these observationi. and checking the zero-mark on the tidal-post, wete given the offl-

��In the official journal which is to be kept mun he also entered — any thing ohJ served regardian the raigrationsi^^ birds, seals, i

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at Skynner's Cove, on the north side of the (entrance to NacbvakBay, — apoiitlon apparently not calculated to aid materially the objects of the expedition.

At eacli of the six stations an officer is in charge, with two assistants. For their accommodation a liut sixteen by twenty feel, divided Into three rooms, with a porch and storehouse allnched as a ieati-to, was erected. It has double walls of board, with an outer and inner air-space fonned by a sheathing of tarred paper; and It Is Intended to further protect It from cold by covering it outside with sodN or gross, and, over all, with snow. For heating, a base-burner cooking-stove, with twenty tons of anthracite coal. Is provided; and the smoke-flne of galvanized iron is ingeniously designed, not only to guard against fire, the misfortune most to be dreaded, but to provide, as well, an up-draught for foul, and dowii-draiigiit for pure air, if required. Only twelve months' provisions were left; but they were selected as preventives of scurvy, and to give the greatest poisibie variety of nutritive food.

��fish, etc., and the growth of gracs- es, as well as tb^ n-Bultof obsert tions un the dl pu ted question the depth ' which water n frcexe during i

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post>:, spi^cinl observations of magnellc phenomel

are to be taken, for which a suitable building is pi

In working through the strait, especially towM Its weateni end, the ordinary com I'ass was soalii^ as to be almost useless, and in this cnullngeucy the £ William Thomson compass canl was found to woi admirably.

No icebergs were met, nor were reports obtaIue<I ' their occurrence, in the bay. In the strait m li number were seen, principally along the north ahoi where many were stranded in the coves; but aofl were met with in mid-channel. Ot those seen In li eastern end of the strait, some bad undoubtedly con in from Davis Strait, passing between Reaolnl}) Island and East Blnlf; but all of those met to U westward had come from Fox Channel, or perhaj from the still more remote waters connecting witb i ail of which have a southerly current.

Observations made by Mr. Ashe from his statloi on Turenne Island showed that a berg coming 1

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