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[[line]] Friday. Feb 2.1872 [[line]] Bar. 29.962. Ther. 35.5. Max 38 Min 33. SE wind high in squalls rainy & cloudy. P.M. more moderate, rainy. Evening Barom goes up to 30.065. [[line]] Saturday Feb. 3 [[line]] 30.060. Ther. 36.5 Max 37. Min 33. Rainy. Wind ESE. P.M. attempt telemeter obs. but am driven in by squalls of rain & wind which has camber to ENE. Bar. 30.050 [[line]] Sunday Feb. 4 [[line]] Bar. 29.802. Ther. 36. Max 37. Min 32. Wind E by S fresh. Cloudy, rainy & snowing. [[line]] Monday Feb. 5 [[line]] In the low tide of the 3rd I observed that the end of the reef out of water off Rocky Point Δ was in line with Ulakhta & the church or the next warehouse bay and the new store of HK & Co and Spithead. The reef off ΔD -see Feb. 1.- Bar. 29.520 SE stormy with rain & hail. Ther. 36. Max 37. Min 33. Rumbling noises from Akutan Volcano one with a slight Jar - during day. Evening half a gale SE, rain &c Bar. 29.442 wind canting more Northerly [[end page]] [[start page]] Biorka 49 men 56 women Akhun 52 men 47 women Avatanak 24 men 23 women Tigalda 31 men 30 women Aliaska ------ [[Pontasofsky? Pratasofsky?]] 51 men 55 women [[Morzhofsky?]] 27 men 25 women Belkoffsky 87 men 109 women Paul Bay 60 men 70 women ------------ [[Perigromnoy?]] 9 men 15 women 508
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Place name guesses are based on Alaska geographic dictionaries. Geographic names checked, ones with ? not verified: Ulakhta, Spithead, Akutan volcano, Biorka, Akhun, Avatanak, Tigalda, Aliaska, [[Pontasofsky? Pratasofsky?]], Morzhofsky?, Belkoffsky, Paul Bay, Perigromnoy??
camber = direction/angle