[023] Perhaps the name of this bay, from the Dutch word _Treuren_, "to lament, or be mournful," may have some reference to the graves found here.

[024] Mr. Crowe, of Hammerfest, who lately pa.s.sed a winter on the southwestern coast of Spitzbergen, in about lat.i.tude 78, informed me that he had _rain at Christmas_; a phenomenon which would indeed have astonished us at any of our former wintering stations in a much lower lat.i.tude. Perhaps the circ.u.mstance of the reindeer wintering at Spitzbergen may also be considered a proof of a comparatively temperate climate.

[025] See p. 254 of this volume. {line 6545 "The quant.i.ty of clean moss considered requisite for each deer per day is four pounds ..." - Transcriber}

[026] See p. 280 of this volume. {line 7210 "Our allowance of provisions for each man per day was as follows:" - Transcriber}

[027] See Introduction. {line 6343 "INTRODUCTION." - Transcriber}

[028] Particularly that of Mr. Scoresby during the month of July, from 1812 to 1818 inclusive, and Captain Franklin's for July and August, 1818.