Description | Daily meteorological observations, kept at at Okkak [Okak] in Labrador at the Moravian mission. Four observations per day, at 8.00am, 12.00 noon, 4.00pm and 8.00pm. Columns for day and hours of observations, thermometer readings, wind direction and strength, with general weather remarks.
With an end-note [p.33]: 'The winter was not very Cold we had not much snow till new year but from new year till May I never seen so much snow and there is very much yet and very much Ice all over the Sea as far as the eye can see. August 2 1784'.
With a title page [p.1]: 'Okkak Aug. 1 1783-July 31 1784'. Stamped [p.3] 'Soc. Reg. Lond.' and inscribed 'Presented by the Rev. Mr. la Trobe Feb. 3 1785'. |