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Farthest Point of spit, 48 between lower wires, bearing S 82 W In line with ∆ Pulpit 41 between lower wires. In line with ∆ Baileys, 6 between lower wires Spend morning taking angles from Spithead completing the series. P.M. wind too high to admit of work. ----- Tuesday Dec. 5, 1871 ----- Bar. 29.312 Ther. 30.5 min. 27. Wind fresh NE at 11 A.M. snows hard from 9.30 A.M. to 11 take angles from Rocky Pt. ∆ Snows all the rest of the day & evening. ----- Wednesday Dec. 6. ----- Bar. 29.050. Ther. 31 min. 25. N Gale with snow from North all day ----- Thursday Dec. 7 ------ Gale continues. [[insertion]] snow. wind from N W to SW [[/insertion]] bar. 29.00 Ther. 23. [[insertion]] 23.5 [[/insertion]] min. 21 Visit tide gauge which could not be done yesterday and find it had stopped about five minutes after we left it Tuesday from a piece of the pencil getting between the rollers. ----- Friday Dec. 8 ----- Bar. 28.988. Ther. 24 min 20. Winds light SE with light snow P.M. very heavy snowfall. ----- Saturday Dec. 9 ----- Bar. 28.943. Ther. 32 min 22. Wind fresh [[end page]] [[start page]] [[blank page]]