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Pilot George Cozain says that Hewitt Rock in Hikish Narrows is on a patch of shoal water extending one third of the width of the passage from the western shore and the rock has eight feet on it at low water. It is off, or opposite a sort of little rounded hill on the west shore of the narrows.
Mt. Calder, from Sumner Strait is inconspicuous.

[[line]] Tuesday June 8, 1880 [[line]]

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Time.  | Barom. | Air. | Water  | Wind.
6 A.M. | 29.94  |  45  |  48    |  W
12 M.  | 30.04  |  49  |  49    |  " [[ditto for: W]]
6 P.M. | 30.14  |  50  |  49    |  " [[ditto for: W]]
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Weather overcast, foggy and light rains by turns. Working over vouchers, reports and records to be sent back by the steamer of the 10th.

[[line]] Wednesday June 9th [[line]]

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6 A.M. | 30.30 | 46 | 48 | W
12 M.  | 30.32 | 51 | 50 | SSE
6 P.M. | 30.32 | 54 | 52 | " [[ditto for: SSE]]
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Weather calm, overcast, later somewhat windy  Visit the southeastern shore of Sitka Sound by courtesy Commander L. A. Beardslee, on the steam launch belonging to the U.S.S. Jamestown. First, touch at the Hot Springs on
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the mainland of Baranoff Island near Biorka Island. These springs issue from fissures in the syenitic rock, on the side of a moderate hill fronting on a small bay landlocked by islands and with a small boulder-covered beach.
The most southwesterly spring, known as the "Magnesia Spring" had at its source a temperature of 136°.0 F. The next northeasterly or "Sulphur Spring", deposits a coating of sulphur, (1/16 inch in the course of a week) over the trough through which its waters are conveyed to the bath and had an initial temperature of 149°.0. The next or "iron" spring (exhibiting to the eye however, no traces of iron in its deposit) had the same temperature; the most eastern or "Cold" Spring had a temperature of 48°.0 F.
The Indians here had very large potato patches, irregularly distributed and apparently covering several acres. From 72 pounds of seed one of these Indians grew and furnished to the person who sold him the seed, 15 sacks, averaging over one hundred pounds each of large fine potatoes with no small ones at all among them.

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