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36 [[line]] Monday June 21 / 80 [[line]] [[page includes tables with 7 columns - "|" used to better distinguish separate column fields for readability.]] [[table with 7 columns with headers Time, Bar., Dct. Ther., dry b., wet b., Water, Wind]] Time | Bar. | Dct. Ther. | dry b. | wet b. | Water | Wind 6 A.M. | 29.80 | 46 | 47 1/2 | 47 1/2 | 45 1/2 | N 12 M. | .80 | 49 | 50 | 50 1/2 | 46 1/2 | " [[ditto for: N]] 4 P.M. | .72 | 46 1/2 | 48 | 48 1/2 | 44 1/2 | Calm 8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .68 | 48 | 48 1/2 | 49 | 47 1/2 | SW [["W" written over an "E"]] 12 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .80 | 45 | 49 | 49 1/2 | 48. | Calm [[/table]] Morning rainy wind light in the anchorage. Make ready for sea. Work over records About noon a little breeze springs up & we stand out of the anchorage, meeting a very heavy SW.[["W" written over an "E"]] swell and thick foggy and rainy weather, with very little wind until we reach out of the Sound when it blows strong from southward & westward. [[line]] Tuesday June 22 [[line]] [[table with 7 columns, headers inferred from previous table on page]] 4 A.M. | 29.82 [["9" written over an "8"]] | 44 1/2 | 45 1/2 | 46 | 46 | Calm 8 "[[ditto for: A.M.]]| .84 | 47 | 50 | 57 | 47 | S. 12 M. | .84 | 51 1/2 | 52 | 54 | 48 1/2 | " [[ditto for: S.]] 4 P.M | .85 | 47 | 50 1/2 | 49 | 46 | " [[ditto for: S.]] 8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .89 | 47 | 47 | 46 1/2 | 46 | SE 12 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .90 | 45 | 47 | 46 1/2 | 46 | " [[ditto for: SE]] [[/table]] Wind very light with rain and fog and a very heavy swell. The vessel slatting until nearly every body is more or less unwell from [[end page]] [[start page]] 37 the stirring up. Had to take in sails at night to avoid slatting them to pieces. [[line]] Wednesday June 23 / 80 [[line]] [[page includes tables with 7 columns - "|" used to better distinguish separate column fields for readability.]] [[table with 7 columns with headers Time, Bar., Det Ther., dry b., wet b., Water, Wind]] Time | Bar. | Dct Ther. | dry b. | wet b. | Water | Wind 4 A.M [["4" written over a "6"]] | 29.98 | 44 | 48 | 47 | 46 | SE 8 " [[ditto for: A.M]] | .96 | 43 | 44 1/2 | 44 | 46 | E 12 M. | .96 | 44 | 46 | 47 | 46 | " [[ditto for: E]] 4 P.M. | .98 | 44 | 46 | 46 | 47 | " [[ditto for: E]] 8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .96 | 44 | 46 1/2 | 45 1/2 | 47 | " [[ditto for: E]] [[/table]] Weather overcast foggy and showery at intervals. Sea smoothing down a little but wind still very light. Sight the low land between Dry Bay & Yakutat. The wind finally dies away so, that, in working into Port Mulgrave, we have at last to tow the vessel round the point with the boat. Anchor in Pt. Mulgrave about 10.30 P.M. [[line]] Thursday June 24 [[line]] [[table with 7 columns, headers inferred from previous table on page]] 6 A.M. | 30.06 | 44 | 45 1/2 | 45 | 48 | W 12 M. | .12 | 54 | 53 | 52 1/2 | 49 | " [[ditto for: W]] 6 P.M. | .28 | 51 | 52 | 51 1/2 | 49 | " [[ditto for: W]] [[/table]] Morning drizzling rain with some signs of lighting up later. Lowwater large about 8 A.M. Set up tent and work over dip & intensity at or near old magnetic Δ of 1874, on Point Turner. P.M. Rainy & foggy, later clears
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See pp. 5 & 7 for how to transcribe dittos, suggestions on tables.
