Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.2- Appendix): between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagles's circumnavigation of the globe

88 TABLE OF THE VARIATIONS OF THE COMPASS. Date. Lat. South. Long. West. Var. '• East. Date. Lat. South. Long. East. Var. West. 1835. 1836. Dec. 6 21 51 166 37 10 27 May 15 27 33 40 52 21 10 7 22 41 169 01 10 56 .. 16 27 21 40 13 21 36 22 41 169 1 1 1 00 .. 17 27 45 33 18 21 43 10 25 42 177 6 11 15 .. 18 28 12 36 08 20 48 • > • • 26 30 178 26 11 15 •• 23 34 45 23 11 26 22 11 27 26 179 20 1 1 22 . 34 53 22 33 28 59 • • 28 45 179 27 11 54 June 29 22 56 5 06 24 09 EAST. .. 30 22 17 4 36 24 12 .. 12 29 41 179 08 13 24 WEST. . • 29 41 179 08 13 16 July 8 15 57 5 34 19 43 • • 14 31 25 175 59 14 15 .. 16 13 02 9 07 19 56 .. 15 32 36 175 05 14 14 ,. 18 9 52 12 34 17 43 21 35 00 174 00 14 05 . . 21 7 57 14 24 17 36 1836. .. 24 9 30 17 32 15 56 Jan. 1 34 04 172 56 13 05 .. 25 10 07 18 58 15 57 4 34 40 165 37 13 26 .. 26 11 25 23 23 13 06 • • 7 34 29 1 63 26 13 28 .. 28 12 04 28 31 8 26 Feb. 21 42 53 141 45 8 21 • • • 12 12 29 39 9 00 .. 22 42 48 140 40 7 37 .. 31 12 48 35 55 4 29 WEST. . 12 49 36 52 4 07 March 2 39 46 123 42 3 35 Aug. 6 13 09 38 30 2 •44 •• 3 38 20 123 36 2 50 7 12 44 37 54 3 18 • • 37 52 123 13 3 48 8 12 32 37 39 3 11 • • 37 54 123 11 3 02 •• 9 12 44 37 29 2 46 5 36 27 119 50 5 24 . 12 40 37 00 4 16 .. 15 35 33 117 30 6 06 .. 13 8 03 34 49 5 11 .. 16 35 38 117 09 8 15 •• 15 8 03 34 50 6 09 .. 35 34 116 16 6 31 NORTH. .. 17 34 48 114 00 7 20 22 2 32 29 07 10 23 .. 21 27 28 108 50 4 59 .. 23 3 39 29 11 10 27 . 27 27 108 47 5 19 .. 24 5 45 27 11 14 26 • 23 23 44 106 17 3 58 Sept. 4 14 43 23 39 17 02 •• 25 20 24 104 09 3 22 .- 9 23 43 33 50 15 26 April 1 12 21 94 04 04 . 23 39 33 47 15 13 •• 16 13 17 88 13 18 .. 10 25 00 34 19 16 05 • • • > 12 59 90 33 57 11 28 07 36 00 17 06 .. 21 16 56 73 02 3 55 .. 12 28 29 36 18 16 25 . • 16 56 73 01 3 38 .. 13 29 59 36 23 17 54 .. 22 16 58 72 59 3 28 .. 14 31 04 35 57 18 28 . 17 13 71 48 4 04 .. 15 32 03 35 05 18 22 i 17 24 71 51 4 10 .. 16 35 38 31 32 21 34 •• 23 17 36 70 27 5 07 .. 17 37 15 28 5+ 22 09 .. 24 17 52 68 30 5 39 .. 18 37 49 28 00 24 00 .. 26 18 35 63 34 7 36 .. 19 38 35 27 o3 25 21 .. 27 18 43 62 20 8 06 .. 25 38 54 25 03 23 21 ~. 18 43 62 14 8 11 .. 26 40 35 22 45 25 00 .. 28 19 20 60 12 8 59 • • 41 28 21 31 25 38 May 13 25 42 46 42 16 16 .. 27 42 06 20 06 26 00 .. 15 27 30 41 08 20 37 •• 27 42 20 19 50 26 03 All the ( jbservations for variatic )n, afloat, were taken w ith a very \ jood Gilber t's compass, placed oil a itanchionab Dvethe poop where it was found, by t rials in varic us latitudes to be nearly free from an f effect of lo cal attractior 1. Err ATUM in pag e 65, line 4<, of figures, /o> •015 read 2 15.