REPULSE BAY, 66 32' N. 86 56' W.

Quartz, coloured by oxide of Iron, and containing minute particles of Gold.

MELVILLE PENINSULA, 68 27' N. 85 24' W.

Hornblende-slate.

MUNRO INLET.

Granite, the Felspar greatly predominating.

ISLAND near the north point of Rankin's Inlet.

Quartz, enclosing chlorite and Copper Pyrites.

Talcose-slate.

Carbonate and silicate of Copper, with Copper Pyrites on argillaceous slate.

Ditto, with a thin coating of green carbonate of Copper.

Mica-slate.

Chlorite-slate, friable.

Ditto, with very thin veins of Calcareous Spar running diagonally in stratification.

ISLAND near the south point of Rankin's Inlet.

Quartz and Iron Pyrites; the latter crystallized in cubes, the faces of which are not above one-sixteenth of an inch.

Quartz, with Iron Pyrites, and superficially coloured by oxide of Iron.

Hornblende-slate.

Mica-slate.

Chlorite-slate.

_Dip of the needle and force of magnetic attraction at various stations along the west sh.o.r.e of Hudson's Bay, and at Fort Hope, Repulse Bay._

------------+--------+-------+----------------+--------+-------+-----------+-----+--------- Name of |Lat.i.tude|Longi- | Date. |Times. | Dip | Time |Therm|Variation Station | N. |tude | | | Mean. | of 10 | |of | | W. | | | | Vibra- | |Compa.s.s.

| | | | | | tions. | | ------------+--------+-------+----------------+--------+-------+-----------+-----+--------- |d. m. s.|d. m.s.| |h. mi. |d. m.s.| Needle |d. m.|d. m. s.

| | | | | | No. 2 | | | | | | | | deflected,| | | | | | | | 20 deg. | | | | | | | | from dip. | | York Factory|57 0 2|92 26 0| 5 Nov. 1845 | 9 0 AM|83 47 0| |+31 0| " |57 0 0|92 26 0| 8 " | 9 0 " |83 43 0| |+25 0| " | " | " | 12 " | 2 30 PM|83 37 0| |+25 0| " | " | " | 15 " | 9 0 AM|83 41 0| |+33 0| " |57 0 0|92 26 0| 19 " | 9 0 " |83 42 5| |+25 0| " | " | " | 22 " | 9 30 " |83 43 4| |+ 3 0| " | " | " | 26 " | 9 30 " |83 48 7| |- 4 0| " | " | " | 29 " | 9 30 " |83 42 5| |-13 0| " | " | " | 3 Dec." | 9 30 " |83 54 2| |- 6 0| " | " | " | 6 " | 9 30 " |83 43 2| |+ 8 0| " | " | " | 10 " | 9 30 " |83 43 5| |-19 0| " | " | " | 13 " | 9 30 " |83 48 2| | 0 0| York Factory|57 0 0|92 26 0| 17 Dec. 1845 | 9 35 AM|83 40 9| |-11 0| " | " | " | 20 " | 9 30 " |83 39 1| |-16 0| " | " | " | 24 " |10 10 " |83 45 5| |-23 0| " | " | " | 31 " |10 30 " |83 46 0| |+ 7 0| " | " | " | 3 Jan. 1846 |10 30 " |83 46 1| |+20 0| " | " | " | 7 " |10 30 " |83 47 0| |+ 5 0| " | " | " | 10 " |10 30 " |83 45 5| |+ 7 0| " | " | " | 14 " |10 30 " |83 43 9| |- 2 0| " | " | " | 21 " |10 30 " |83 44 8| |-10 0| " | " | " | 24 " |10 30 " |83 41 7| |+23 5| " | " | " | 28 " |10 30 " |83 45 8| |+15 0| " | " | " | 31 " {|10 0 AM|83 45 8| {|-15 0| | | | {| 3 0 PM| | {|- 3 0| " | " | " | 4 Feb." {|10 0 AM|83 50 5| {|-12 5| | | | {| 3 0 PM| | {|-14 0| " | " | " | 7 " |10 0 AM|83 45 5| |-11 5| York Factory|57 0 0|92 26 0| 11 Feb. 1846 {|10 0 AM|83 44 8| {|- 5 0| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|-11 3| " | " | " | 14 " {| 9 30 AM|83 41 6| |-23 0| | | | {| 3 20 PM|83 38 1| |- 8 0| " | " | " | 18 " {| 9 30 AM|83 36 6| {|+ 6 0| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|- 3 0| " | " | " | 21 " {| 9 30 AM|83 41 0| {|-11 5| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|+ 6 0| " | " | " | 25 " {| 9 30 AM|83 40 9| {|-23 0| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|-10 5| " | " | " | 28 " {| 9 30 AM|83 39 7| {|-13 0| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|+ 4 0| " | " | " | 4 Mar." {| 9 30 AM|83 44 1| {|+ 6 5| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|+ 4 0| " | " | " | 7 " {| 9 30 AM|83 42 5| {|+29 0| | | | {| 3 40 PM| | {|+37 0| " | " | " | 11 " {| 9 30 AM|83 44 6| {|+26 0| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|+25 0| " | " | " | 14 " {| 9 30 AM|83 40 9| {|+12 5| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|+22 0| " | " | " | 18 " {| 9 30 AM|83 39 6| {|+15 5| | | | {| 3 40 PM| | {|+21 0| " | " | " | 21 " {| 9 30 AM|83 37 7| {|- 2 5| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|+ 5 8| " | " | " | 25 " {| 9 40 AM|83 47 0| {|+30 0| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|+30 0| " | " | " | 28 " {| 9 35 AM|83 43 8| {|+ 8 5| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|+ 8 0 York Factory|57 0 0|92 26 0| 1 April 1846 {| 9 30 AM|83 42 8| {|+ 8 0| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|+15 0| " | " | " | 4 " {| 9 30 AM|83 45 2| {|+35 0| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|+25 0| " | " | " | 11 " {| 9 40 AM|83 40 6| {|+41 0| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|+42 0| " | " | " | 15 " {| 9 35 AM|83 35 7| {|- 3 5| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|- 6 0| " | " | " | 18 " {| 9 30 AM|83 40 2| {|+ 9 0| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|+29 0| " | " | " | 22 " {| 0 30 AM|83 38 9| {|+45 0| | | | {| 3 35 PM| | {|+40 0| " | " | " | 25 " {| 0 0 AM|83 35 5| Ther. {|+43 0| | | | {| | | +40 0' {| | | | | {| 3 30 PM| | 21s.--34 {|+32 0| " | " | " | 29 " {| 9 45 AM|83 38 0| Ther. {|+42 0| | | | {| | | +46 0' {| | | | | {| 3 30 PM| | 21s.--23 {|+43 0| " | " | " | 2 May " {| 9 30 AM|83 38 5| {|+39 0| | | | {| 3 30 PM| | {|+47 0| " | " | " | 6 " {| 9 30 AM|83 37 9| Ther. {|+51 0| | | | {| | | +66 0' {| | | | | {| 3 30 PM| | 21s.--31 {|+67 0| " | " | " | 16 " {| 9 35 AM|83 39 0| Ther. {|+36 0| | | | {| | | +43 0' {| | | | | {| 3 35 PM| | 21s.--13 {|+44 0| Creek |58 2 0|92 20 | 20 June " | 3 45 PM|84 46 4| |+49 0| Churchill |58 43 50|94 14 | 29 " {| 9 47 AM|84 50 8| Ther. {|+60 0| | | | {| | | +61 0' {| | | | | {| 3 35 PM| | 21s.--14 {|+61 0| " | " | " | 1 July " {|10 30 AM|84 43 9| {|+88 0| | | | {| 3 0 PM| | {|+60 0| Churchill |58 43 50|94 14 0| 4 July 1846 | 8 10 PM|84 44 5| |+41 0| Knapp's Bay |61 9 42| " | 8 " |10 45 AM|86 18 3| {|+52 0| | | | | | | {|+51 0| " | " | " | 8 " | 3 0 PM| | | | " | " | " | 12 " | 5 15 PM|87 16 3| {|+58 0| | | | | | | {|+52 0| " |64 6 0|88 0 0| 18 " | Noon. |86 36 5| Ther. {|+54 0| | | | {| | | +54 0' | | | | | | | | 20s.--84 | | Near Wager |65 10 0| " | 21 " | 4 5 PM|87 10 6| Ther. |+52 0| River | | | {| | | +65 0' | | | | | | | | 21s.--03 | | " |65 15 36|87 10 0| 22 " |11 35 AM| | |+52 0| Repulse Bay |66 32 0| " | 27 " |11 15 AM|88 16 7| Ther. {|+55 0| | | | {| | | +57 0' {| | | | | | | | 21s.--7 {|+57 0| Flett's | | " | 28 " {| 2 40 PM| | {|+90 0| Portage | | | {| 3 15 PM| | {|+82 0| Descent | " | " | 31 " {| 6 20 PM| | |+53 0| Portage | | | {| 6 50 PM| | | | Cape Lady | " | " | 3 Aug. " | | | | | Pelly | | | | | | | | 3 Miles N.W.| " | " | " | 5 30 PM|88 27 1| Ther. |+52 0| of do. | | | {| | | +52 0' | | | | | {| | | 21s.--8 | | Fort Hope |66 32 0|86 56 0| 18 Nov. " {|11 15 AM|87 51 5| {|-6 0|West | | | {| 2 0 PM| | {|-5 0|62 50 30 " | " | " | 21 " {| 9 45 AM|88 11 4| Ther. {|+6 0| | | | {| | | +10 5' {| | | | | {| 2 15 PM| | 22s.--66 {|+10 0| Fort Hope |66 32 0|86 56 0| 25 Nov. 1846 | 2 10 PM|88 8 9| {|-21 0| | | | | | | {|-15 0| " | " | " | 5 Dec. " {|10 0 AM|88 13 9| Ther. {|-13 0| | | | {| | | +9 0' {| | | | | {| 2 0 PM| | 22s.--6 {|-16 0| " | " | " | 12 " {|10 10 AM|88 13 3| {|+ 6 0| | | | {| 2 5 PM| | {|+ 8 0| " | " | " | 16 " {|10 0 AM|88 12 7| {| 0 0| | | | {| 2 20 PM| | {|+ 2 0| " | " | " | 23 " {|10 0 AM|88 16 3| {|- 7 0| | | | {| 2 0 PM| | {|- 8 0| " | " | " | 2 Jan. 1847 {|10 10 AM|88 17 5| {|-23 0| | | | {| 2 30 PM| | {|-21 5| " | " | " | 10 Feb. " {| 9 50 AM|88 10 9| {|-22 0| | | | {| 2 10 PM| | {|-20 0| " | " | " | 13 " {| 9 50 AM|88 13 5| {|-28 0| | | | {| 2 10 PM| | {|-26 0| " | " | " | 17 " {| 9 50 AM| | {|-36 0| | | | {| 2 15 PM| | {|-33 0| " | " | " | 24 " {| 9 55 AM| | {|-22 0| | | | {| 2 10 PM| | {|-22 0| York Factory|57 0 0|92 26 0| 18 Sept. " {| 9 15 AM|83 47 0| |+52 0| | | | {| 3 10 PM| | | |

Fort Hope, Repulse Bay.

--_Abstract of Meteorological Journal for September, 1846._

-----+-------------------------------+---------------------------------- Day | Temperature of the Atmosphere | of | taken eight times in twenty- | Prevailing Winds.

the | four hours. | Month+----------+----------+---------+----------------------+----------- |_Highest._|_Lowest._ | _Mean._ | _Direction._ |_Force._ -----+----------+----------+---------+----------------------+----------- | _deg.m._ | _deg.m._ | | | 1 | +35 | +27 | +29.7 | E.S.E | 2-4 2 | +37 | +27 | +31 | E.S.E. | 5-4 3 | +36 | +25 | +31 | E.--Vble. | 9-1 4 | +34 | +28 | +30.3 | E. by S. | 8 5 | +42 | +26 | +32.7 | O.--N.N.W. | 0-7 6 | | | | N. | 6 7 | +31 | +25 | +27 | N. | 6 8 | +35 | +26 | +30.5 | N.N.W. | 6 9 | | | | N.N.W. | 6 10 | +32 | +30 | +31.3 | N.N.W.--O.--S.E. | 4-5 11 | +34 | +31 | +32.5 | E. by S. | 10-8 12 | | | | E. by S.--S. E. by E.| 9-5 13 | | | | S.W. by S.--S.W. | 5-9 14 | | | | | 15 | +45 | +45 | +45 | S.S. | 4 16 | +34 | +25 | +28.7 | Vble.--O.--E. by N. | 1-2 17 | +32 | +24 | +28 | W. | 2-3 18 | +29 | +26 | +27.7 | N.W.--W.N.W. | 6-7 19 | +33 | +26 | +29.7 | W.N.W.--O.--E. | 9-0 20 | +32 | +24 | +28 | N.N.W. | 5-4 21 | +36 | +24 | +29.3 | N.--O.--E. | 0-3 22 | +31 | +23 | +27.7 | N. by W. | 5-6 23 | +28 | +16 | +22.3 | W.N.W. | 3-4 24 | +42 | +21 | +29.3 | Vble. | 1-0 25 | +30 | +16 | +24.3 | Vble. | 0-2 26 | +30 | +26 | +28 | E.N.E. | 8-9 27 | +26 | +24 | +25 | N. by W. | 5-6 28 | +26 | +20 | +22.7 | N.N.W. | 7-6 29 | +24 | +22 | +23 | W.N.W. | 4 30 | +22 | +18 | +19.7 | Vble.--S.E. by E. | 1-4 ------ 714.4 ------ +28.57

----+------------------+------------------------------------------------ Day | Barometer and | of | Thermometer | the | attached. | Remarks on the Weather, &c.

Mon.+--------+---------+ |_Barom._|_Thermo._| ----+--------+---------+------------------------------------------------ 1 | | | c. c. o. Solar halo with parhelia.

2 | | | c. c. c.

3 | | | s. b. c.

4 | | | c. c. c. p. of sleet.

5 | | | c. c. o. Full moon.

6 | | | p. s. o.

7 | | | p. s. c.

8 | | | c. p. s.

9 | | | c. p. s.

10 | | | c. b. c. o.

11 | | | s. c. s. c. b. much drift.

12 | | | o. c. c. [quarter moon symbol] last quarter.

13 | | | b. c.

14 | | | 15 | | | c. p. s.

16 | | | c. c. c.

17 | | | b. c.

18 | | | o. s. s.

19 | | | s. s.

20 | | | s. o. c. s.

21 | | | c. c. c.

22 | | | s. s. b.

| | | Aurora visible to the southward at 8 P.M.

23 | | | b. b. c.

24 | | | o. b. c. o.

25 | | | c. o.

26 | | | s. s. s.

27 | | | s. drifting.

28 | | | p. so. drifting.

29 | | | b. c.

30 | | | h. b. s.

FORT HOPE, REPULSE BAY.

--_Abstract of Meteorological Journal for October, 1846._