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----- Friday Jan. 5, 1872 ----- Bar. 29.264. Ther. 22. Min. 19. Max. 25. Wind strong as before with snow squalls all day, ice disappearing gradually Very low tide at night. ----- Saturday Jan 6. ----- Bar. 29.624. Ther. 23. Min 19. Max. 25 Wind puffy from N.W. less strong than before, ice mostly gone. P.M.- wind changes from NW to W & finally SW. Snows - Evening calm ----- Sunday Jan 7 ----- Harbor covered with slushy ice not very hard. Wind SE & calm at intervals. Snows hard. Bar. 29.500. Ther. 27. Min 16.5. Max. 27 ----- Monday Jan 8. ----- Bar. 29.528 Ther. 27 1/2 Min 25 Max. 32 Wind lt. S.E. fresh ice forming. Half clear. Wind later in the day goes round to the NW and blows most of the ice out by 9 P.M. Weather too cold & wind too high to do any observing. ----- Tuesday, Jan 9 ----- Bar 30. 56 [[writeover]]05[[/writeover]]6 Ther. 27 Min 26 Max 32 Wind N NW strong. Half clear-ice still obstructing the harbor [[end page]] [[start page]] [[image- drawing of landscape marked with compass directions, from left to right: NE by N; NE by E; ENE; E by N. One promontory not far from the "E by N" notation appears to have a vertical line on top (indication of a pole or flag?) with letter "A" beside it.]]