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[[boxed]] 1860 Sunday Nov 18 [[/boxed]] X 1/2 o'clock night. Barometer 29.600 Thermometer 7[[degree symbol]] Wind fresh - - N. The stars shining in all their mounted glory! & the Aurora in full play. A beautiful band 4[[degree symbol]] in width shooting from beneath the tail of ^[[URSA]] Major up through [[strikethrough]] t [[/strikethrough]] it to & [[strikethrough]] p[[?]] [[/strikethrough]] beyond Zenith. The A. however is to be seen here & there - now in bright beams, then dying away. Full 9 days, since a single observation could be taken, either of the Sun, Moon or Stars owing to Clouds! Clouds!!) Clouds!!! X 1 o'clock night - Calm Aurora in beams not to be seen as diffused as a gauze over the whole canopy - Stars nearly obscured by it! [[solid line with circle in middle across page]] Monday Nov 19th [[underlined]] Be-set in the ice! [[/underlined]] Last night the ice from the head of the Bay set down upon ^[[us]] completely [[strikethrough]] [[?]]tting [[/strikethrough]] closing us in - We are now cut off, for the present, from all the world. We cannot approach the land or can any landsman - or [[underlined]] Sea faring [[/underlined]] man approach us. However an ice [[?]] will be made firm soon. [[end page]] [[start page]] [[boxed]] 1860 Monday Nov 19 [[/boxed]] AT - V1 Hill. Calm & Star-light. [[strikethrough]] Now [[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Satellites]] of Jupiter were [[strikethrough]] directly [[/strikethrough]] plainly discernible by my small telescope. VII 1/2 o'clock All the sky encurtained by clouds again At 1X the natives observed coming off towards ^[[the G.H.]] They attempted to force their boat through the ice but having prolonged the trial an hour, ^[[they]] gave it up & returned. The sun peered out for a few moments to-day just long enough to show me how prettily its ^[[soft]] light. could play ^[[with the]] [[strikethrough]] Ch [[/strikethrough]] Crystaled white of the G.H. I have viewed again & again the G. Henry's rigging. It is truly a beautiful sight [[strikethrough]] to behold [[/strikethrough]]! Hoar-Frost-[[underlined]] crystals piles span ^[[piles of]] crystals [[/underlined]] - standing out ^[[boldly]] to windward 6 inches [[strikethrough]] in dep [[/strikethrough]] from the masts & rigging! Capt. B. tells me that Blind George 12 years ago, piloted the 1 ^[[vessel]] that was ever in this Bay. The vessel was under the command of Capt. Parker of Hull, Eng. George's sight was good in those days - A plenty of whales here at that time but this crew fearful of [[strikethrough]] bring [[/strikethrough]] that some calamity like ship-wreck or something else
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