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not reach the shore eastward of it, or cease before reaching it, as we could not see the joining of them anywhere) come in, in general, nearly at right angles.
There was no névé to the plateau glacier and no high land back in the direction of its axis as far as we could see. Its surface was very dirty everywhere in fact mostly so covered with gravel stones &c, that only by a close view (several miles) could the icy substratum be determined, except at the part where the pinnacles were. Westward from Pt. Manby, if the ice existed (and it probably does exist under the soil) it was covered with a stratum of gravel or dirt, upon the seaward face of which were large patches of vegetation, and which formed bluffs perhaps 200 ft high as described by Belcher and seen by us in 1874. Off this bluff the soundings shoal off gradually with stony & sandy bottom with kelp growing on the stones. Ten fathoms are reached only a mile and a half from the shore. Evening comes on rather thick, light wind and drizzling rain toward midnight.
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[[line]] Saturday June 26/80 [[line]]

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Time. |   Bar.  |  Dct. ther. |  dry b. |  wet b. | Water.|  Wind
4 A.M |  30.30  |  45 1/2     |  47 1/2 |  47 1/2 | 
  48  |  NE
8 " [[ditto for: A.M.]]| .32 | 43 | 47 1/2 | 48 | 46 | " [[ditto for: NE]]
12 M  |    .29  |  49         |  49     |  49 1/2 |
47 1/2 |  E.
4 P.M.|    .23  |  47         |  49     |   50    |
46    | " [[ditto for: E.]]
8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]]| .20 | 48 | 50 | 49 | 47 | ESE.
12 " [[ditto for: P.M.]]| .18 | 47 1/2 | 49 | 48 1/2 | 46 1/2 | " [[ditto for: ESE.]]
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Morning thick, heavy swell, light wind & rain  About 4 A.M. near Pt. Sitkagi of Tebenkoff  Low Pt. of same authority dimly visible, low with trees. Beyond, the West shore of Icy Bay just perceptible; when first seen and a little clearer had the appearance of a glacier coming to the water. Shore near us, bluff, gravel or sand with some vegetation, and a sand beach extending along its front with low bright green willows on it. Soundings a mile off shore, pretty regular in ten fathoms with kelp growing on boulders in the bottom. As the weather offers no prospect consistent with prudence of doing more work along shore, put out from land for Chugachik Bay Cook's Inlet. Sea rather rough, wind favorable, a little smoother toward evening. 

Transcription Notes:
Names verified. See pp. 5 & 7 for how to transcribe dittos, suggestions on tables. névé: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/neve