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SW. about 8 inches of snow fell last night. At 10 minutes (meantime) of 2 P.M. the bench mark was 54 inches above the height of the water which read on the staff 8.45. carefully measured. [[line]] Sunday Dec 10 [[line]] Calm w light SE breeze cloudy & a little snow. Bar. 29.046 [[inserted]].064[/inserted]] Ther. 33. 30. [[line]]Monday Dec. 11 Ther. 30 to 45 - min 27- Bar. 29.2 [[strikethrough]] 7 [[/strikethrough]]64 Wind very light from SW. Sky in am perfectly clear and in P.M. only very light clouds. Spend day taking angles at Pulpit & Rocky Point P.M. quite cold. Small harbor freezes over again. About midnight NE breeze. [[line]] Tuesday Dec 12, 1871 [[line]] Bar. 29.070. Ther. 35.5. Min 27. Wind has cleared away all the ice, and is blowing hard from NW with rain & snow. [[vertical line in left margin starts here and extends to just below sentence that begins with words "Coast Amaknak ..."]] Mem. from book of angles Dec. 11. From Pulpit. General trend of shore toward Gull Rock, N27E End of bluff bears N30E Split Top N.46E Coast Amaknak S.16 1/4 W Went to tide guage at 2.15 a very high tide found that the water [[end page]] [[start page]] [[blank page]]
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Geographical names checked: Dec. 11: Rocky Point; Small Harbor. Dec. 12: Pulpit; Gull Rock; Split Top; Amaknak.