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66 [[line]] Saturday July 24/80 [[line]] [[page includes tables with 7 columns - "|" used to better distinguish separate column fields for readability.]] [[table]] [[table headings:]] Time. | Barom. | Ther. | Dry b. | Wet b. | Water | Wind. 6 A.M. | 30.07 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 45 | SSE 12 M. | .20 | 52 1/2 | 52 1/2 | 52 | 47 1/2 | SE 6 P.M. | .14 | 48 1/2 | 50 | 50 | 47 | " [[ditto for: SE]] [[/table]] Day foggy with light or moderate breezes At 10.30 sail from Belkoffsky taking angles and bearings on the land adjacent At 2.30 P.M. anchor in the strait between Lisy or Fox Id. and Oleny or Deer Id. waiting for the weather to clear. Get angles from the top of the Fox Id. & from the ship for a sketch of the vicinity. [[line]] Sunday July 25th [[line]] [[page includes tables with 7 columns - "|" used to better distinguish separate column fields for readability.]] [[table]] 4 A.M. | 30.12 | 47 1/2 | 49 | 48 1/2 | 45 1/2 | ESE 8 " [[ditto for: A.M.]] | .11 | 47 | 48 1/2 | 48 1/2 | 47 1/2 | E 12 M. | .14 | 48 1/2 | 50 | 49 1/2 | 46 | ENE 4 P.M. | 29.80 | 46 | 49 | 49 1/2 | 46 | " [[ditto for: ENE]] 8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .79 | 46 | 49 | 48 | 44 | " [[ditto for: ENE]] 12 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .76 | 46 | 50 | 49 | 45 1/2 | NNE [[/table]] Weather foggy with squalls of rain in P.M. very heavy SW. sea, moderate to strong gales from the eastward lighter in the evening. Get a few bearings in the A.M. Vessel under double reefed foresail & jib. Get through the Unimak Pass, after which the sea moderates. [[end page]] [[start page]] 67 [[line]] Monday July 26/80 [[line]] [[page includes tables with 7 columns - "|" used to better distinguish separate column fields for readability.]] [[table]] [[table headings:]] Time. | Barom. | Ther. | Dry b. | Wet b. | Water. | Wind. 4 A.M. | 29.70 | 46 | 49 | 49 1/2 | 45 | ENE 8 " [[ditto for: A.M.]] | .69 | 46 | 47 1/2 | 47 1/2 | 44 | E 12 M. | .70 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 43 | " [[ditto for: E]] 4 P.M. | .72 | 49 | 51 | 50 1/2 | 43 1/2 | N 8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .74 | 46 | 48 | 48 1/2 | 43 | ENE 12 " [[ditto for: P.M.] | .73 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 43 | Calm [[/table]] Morning cloudy with some fog Wind light to moderate. When the fog clears up in P.M. find ourselves to the westward of Cape Cheerful in a nearly dead calm. Toward night clear, calm, later light airs. [[line]] Tuesday July 27th [[line]] [[table]] 4 A.M. | 29.83 | 45 | 46 1/2 | 46 1/2 | 43 1/2 | W. 8 " [[ditto for: A.M.]] | .90 | 46 | 48 1/2 | 48 | 45 | N. 12 M. | .94 | 48 | 48 1/2 | 49 | 48 1/2 | NE. 4 P.M. | .97 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 48 1/2 | " [[ditto for: NE]] 8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | 30.00 | 47 1/2 | 48 | 48 1/2 | 49 | " [[ditto for: NE]] [[/table]] Morning foggy followed by rain. Thick all day with light winds. Reach Iliuliuk Harbor about 8.15. The town has been much enlarged and improved. The cutter has been here and departed for the Arctic. From the Schr. Leo, captured and sent down by her it was learned that no
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Place names checked. See pp. 5 & 7 for how to transcribe dittos, suggestions on tables.
