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F r e s h Provisions pm-cliased in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, for the
use of the Crew of H.M.S. Beagle.
CIIABLES ISLAND, GALAPAGOS.
DATE.
ARTICLES. DLRS. RLS.
1835.
Sept. 25
_ 26
I P i l i 1 f
1
4
4
4
7
0
0
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3 Pigs J
13 Barrels Potatoes
8 Pumpkins
26
1
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6
TOTAL 47 2
OTAHEITE.
16th to 28th November 1835 :—
706 U). Fresh Beef
4 Barrels Potatoes, 3 dlrs. each
3 Pigs, 5 dlrs. each ..
25 Heads of Tar o Root
Dlrs. Els. Mds.
. . 35 0 1
. . 12 0 Ü
. . 16 0 0
. . 2 4 0
Dlrs. 64 4 1
25th November 183S
Fresh Beef
Ditto Pork -• •• ••
Sweet Potatoes, 3 dollars per barrel.
NEW ZEALAND.
22d Dec. 1835 to 1st Jan. 1836:—
10 Pigs, weighing 840 lbs., at per lb.
8 cwt. Potatoes, at 3s. per cwt
20 lb. 1 dir.
i 5 lb. 1 dir.
£ 8 15
1 4
£ 9 19 0
£ 9 19s. equal to 49 dlrs. 6 rls.
22d December 1835 : - I n the Bay of Islands.
Current Prices : - P o r k , per lb.
Potatoes, 3s. per cwt.
Corned Pork, 4ld. per lb.
Beef, when procured, 2ld. per lb.
KEELING ISLANDS.
12th April 1836:—
26 Turtle, at 4s. i d . each
2 large Pigs
£& 12 8
2 0 0
. £ 7 12 8
I n pa5ment-5001hs. Bread at2JA
Cash
..£5 4 2
- . 2 8 6
7 12 8
APPENDIX.
No. 50.
3 0 1
A few Observations on the Temperature of the Sea in latitude
27° 30' S. and longitude 41° E. ; on the 15th May 1836'.—(SLx's
self-registering niermometer, Fahrenheit's Scale, used.)
At the surface
0
75,6 At 200 fathoms below 58,5
At 5 fathoms below 74,5 300 55,5
8 74,2 400 52,5
18 74,0 420 52,0
20 74,0
28 .. 73,0 A few repeated :—
40 72,5 At 5 fathoms below 74,4
48 71,0 20 74,0
50 70,0 48 71,0
75 68,0 50 70,0
100 64,5 100 (¡4,5
I n April 1836, at the Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean (lat.
12° S.), the temperature at the bottom, in 363 fathoms, was 45°
(very carefully obsen'ed).
No. 51.
TABLE OP REMARKABLE HEIGHTS VISIBLE FROM A SHIP.
The heights given in this table were ascertained by angular measurement
: they are on the coasts of South America, the Falkland
Islands, and the Galapagos.
SUJTMITS. Í'EET.
Abingdon Island 1,950
Acari Mount 1,650
Aconcagua 23,200
Ahuja Point, Height near .. 1,000
Albemarle Island,S.W.sUmmi t 4,700
Albemarle Island, S.E. ditto 3,720
Albemarle Island, Middle ditto 3,780
Albemarle Island, North ditto 3,500
Albemarle Island, over Cape
Berkeley 2,360
Alexander Mount 1,960
Amatape Mountain 3,270
SUMMITS. FEET.
Animas Las, Height south of 1,800
Aymond Mount 1,000
Banks Hill, Good Success Bay 1,400
Bell Mount (Tierra del Fuego) 2,600
Benson Mount 1,780
Boqtteron Mount 3,000
Bufadero Hill 1,620
Burney Mount 6,800
Callao, Height near 3,000
Campana Mount ... i 3,480
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