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[[pencil]] 79 [[/pencil]] [[The first half of the page is bordered in ink, highlighting the penciled names within.]] Govenni Olberg Minister Tijer [[ink]] x [[/ink]] Fröken [[ink]] x [[/ink]] Bülow [[ink]] x [[/ink]] Lady Brigg. Baldict Martex Oeken Capt Holböle [[/ink border]] (Continued from proceeding page) Twelve O'Clock, low Meridian, (mid night) (I use this in distinction of high Meridian (mid day) - was approaching, every man Captain & the ships-officers & crew, save the portion of watch off duty, below and asleep stood, around me awaiting the anxious moment when the Sun would cease its downward course & [[insertion]] commence to [[/insertion]] return. The "George Henry" was sweeping gently along, beating up [[insertion]] Northerly & easterly against the [[strikethrough]] Southerly [[/strikethrough]] wind. [[end page]] [[start page]] [[pencil]] 80 [[/pencil]] From the larboard-side we peered out upon the glorious scene. With my Azimuth Compass resting upon the Bulwarke, my eye every other moment upon it & the [[strikethrough]] the other [[/strikethrough] [[insertion]] interspersed [[/insertion]] moments upon [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] my watch which had just been placed in correspondence with the [[insertion]] Ships [[/insertion]] Chronometer below, I, at length announced the wished for moment: 12 O'clock. Cheer, [[insertion]] - Cheer [[/insertion]] upon Cheer followed from that Ship's Company. Time passed on, the Sun was slowly on its upward track. At 1st its motion was imperceptible [[strikethrough]] [[nearly?]] [[strikethrough]] nevertheless it was rising. At the instant I gave the word of the Sun's low meridian [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] the Sun was true North - the North Pole of the Magnetic Needle was pointing 70 Degrees West of true North - [[insertion in pencil]] near [[/insertion]] 6 Points West of the North Pole & Star. This I determined by my own personal observations. I continued to watch the upward & onward progress of the Sun in Ceasing its [[strikethrough]] decl [[/strikethrough]] fall & commencing its rise at true North. I followed