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located here by the former - I secured a photograph of the place upon the top of the largest post which is about 15 to 18 ft. high is inscribed the following on a space hewn smooth 

[[sketch]]
H.B.M.S.
BLOSSOM
SEPTEMBER
1826
[[up arrow]]
[[/sketch]]

about the base were inscribed in Capitals "H.B.M.S. Herald 1848 [[up arrow]]" and Plover, July 1 1849. These inscriptions on the southern face- Also on the same post was the "Corwin" 1880 & U.S.S. Yukon. 1880 On the small post about 6 to 8 ft. high [[strikethrough]] e [[/strikethrough]] was carved 

the following - which is translated on the outer column-

[[sketch]]
P. A. K.
[[Cyrillic characters]]
1838
Cr 2g Kevy
[[strikethrough]] A [[/strikethrough]] No Ces+M
TC + MC
[[/sketch]]

= "Potiphar"

Both these posts are erected upon a jutting rock and supported by a mass of rocks at their base. They are in a good state of preservation though the inscriptions are becoming defaced by exposure to the weather. All about 

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a few words I'm unsure of