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[[underlined]] Sept -7th- 1869 [[underlined]] started at about 10 o'clock arrived at the Cape Elizabeth - at eleven - two ligts - keepers have the Blank forms ^[[insertion]] should be [[/insertion]] supplied to the keepers for which fog [[time?]] - Barometer at Fog stations - lard oil not as good at first when began to use [[end page]] [[start page]] [[in pencil]] 63 steam apparatus going under direction of Mr Foster 60lbs pressure 50 as well with [[?]] and [[ju?]] Rape oil according to commodore Pope best -- Snow 20 feet deep in hollow The coal consumed account of wind & Fog signal near water [[Image- in pencil]] well dug [[co?d]] point water drawn