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Apr.17.      17th [[circled]]1[[/circled]]
Thursday [[crossed out]]Wed[[/crossed out]] [[underlined]]April 17.[[/underlined]] 
Left S. Seymour at 9 a.m. Arr. James Bay 2.30 p.m. about dead low water. 
9-2:30 a.m. enroute James bay clear & sunny snapped [[Haphnes?]], Jervis & S.W. & W. at James [[Id?]] in [[apt.?]] clear.bright.hot day. 2:30-3 p.m. ashore in James Bay looking for Cowan grave
Went ashore to scout around for grave site. Got good shot of crater with salt in it.
Meanwhile [[Sut?]] got 2 large fish one undoubtedly a "google eye" 29 1/2 (standard length) inches long and other a grey thread fin bass of 19 1/2 (standard length)
{Also got 2pcs red lava from pinnacle
{near where Austin dug for Cowan. a shallow excavation
Amount of growth  [[crossed out]]is[[/crossed out]] makes it impossable to find any grave & disintegration of red peak has undoubtedly covered everything with 6-8 feet of soil in the 120 years intervening
  The greenness and verdune of James is unbelievable bet. Hancock's [[crossed out]]&[[/crossed out]] and President's cruises & now in mid April . green & wet. (Wittmer's said unprecedented wet season [[crossed out]])[[/crossed out] & I can well believe it.)
  Even the red pinnacles were covered with verdune and dripping (oozing water an

 

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Waldo inserted several notes between lines. I tried to place them appropriately. Changed to writing 2:30 instead of 2 [[underlined superscript]]30[[/underlined superscript]] to avoid using too many [[, but don't know if that's appropriate.