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bench mark. All hands busy in getting ready for sea. Sloop Jabez Howes Giles arrives from Umnak. Church says the beach there is rocky & had nothing but sponges on it. got [[Pinan's?]] stuff + mine out of the warehouse. pack specimens all day. closing up at 10 P.M. Bar. 9 P.M. 30.220 cloudy calm. Wednesday, June 12 Cloudy fresh SE wind. Ther. 43.57 49- Bar. 30.160. All hands busy getting ready for sea. Sloop Jabez Howes Giles leaves for Akhun[[?]] but[[?]] returns[[?]] weather equally. [[Str.?]] Hutchinson from [[Marghown?]] with Father Nicolai, Niebaum, [[?]] [[Morton?]], arrives. about noon. Weather foggy rainy with fresh SE squalls. [[Plot?]] triangles and pack instruments + [[?]] for [[?]] go aboard the [[ship?]] + get one [[letter?]] P.M. Go ashore for a while. Get [[?]] + receipt from priest 9. P.M. bar.29.900 Thursday, June 13 Cloudy, rainy, lt S wind. Ther. 44.60.48. Bar.29.40. About 10 A.M. breezes up and clears off blowing