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stood at 9.5 on the staff taking the mean between the wavelets.  It had been a little higher but owing to the warping of the paper by damp the pencil had been prevented from reaching its maximum By carefully examining the snow in a quiet place, which came to the waters edge and allowing for the rise and fall of the ripples I came to the conclusion that it had been about a tenth of a foot higher which would bring it to the limit of the paper, or 9.6 _  Go off to gauge again about half past eleven P.M. and find the water down to 3.525 on the staff with about a foot to spare on the paper.  The water rose [[strikethrough]] fell a little [[/strikethrough]] after this. Bar. 29.086

[[line]] Wednesday Dec. 13, 1871 [[line]]
Bar. 29.210 Ther. 32.5 min. 31. Wind lt S. Cloudy with snow.  High tide again. P.M. cloudy, fair. Evening clear. Stars very brilliant.
[[line]] Thursday Dec. 14. [[line]]
Bar. 29.37 Ther. 27. Min. 20. Wind. 0. Cloudy with snow.  Slush ice all over small harbor.  Later, about noon breeze with N.E. with snow. Evening SW 
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