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[[line]] Monday Aug 30/80 [[line]]

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Time   | Barom. | Ther. | Dry b. | Wet b. | Water | Wind
4 A.M. | 29.64  | 46.5  | 47.5   | 48     | 50.5  | Calm
8 " [[ditto for: A.M.]]   |   .61  | 47    | 47     | 47     | 51.0  | NE
12 M.  |   .59  | 47    | 49.5   | 49.5   | 51.5  | Calm
4 P.M. |   .52  | 50    | 53     | 53     | 52.5  | WNW
8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]]   |   .51  | 46    | 49.5   | 49.5   | 51.0  | " [[ditto for: WNW]]
12 " [[ditto for: P.M.]]  |   .52  | 46    | 48.5   | 48.5   | 51.5  | " [[ditto for: WNW]]
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Morning nearly calm, later fresh airs. Weather half clear. At noon, near Cape Krusenstern. Later in the day get observations for time while in the meridian of the Cape.  Wind freshens at night Cape low with a gray bluff behind it.

[[line]] Tuesday Aug. 31st [[line]]

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4 A.M  | 29.50 | 43.5 | 46   | 46   | 51   | WNW
8 " [[ditto for: A.M]]   |   .48 | 44.0 | 46   | 46   | 48.5 | " [[ditto for: WNW]]
12 M   |   .48 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 49   | " [[ditto for: WNW]]
4 P.M  |   .46 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 48.5 | WSW
8 " [[ditto for: P.M]]    |   .46 | 46.5 | 48   | 48   | 49.5 | " [[ditto for: WSW]]
12 " [[ditto for: P.M]]  |   .46 | 44.5 | 47   | 46   | 48   | " [[ditto for: WSW]]
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Weather overcast with glimpses of sunlight especially in the afternoon.  Wind fresh to moderate. About 6 A.M. anchor in Chamisso Harbor, Eschscholtz Bay Kotzebue Sound.  Get obs. for time latitude declination dip & intensity and to fix station, on the
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spit of Chamisso Id. The highest point of the island is marked by a hewn driftwood stick, bearing the following inscriptions, "H.B.M.S. Blossom, Sept. 1826; H.B.M.S. Herald, 1848; H.B.M.S. Plover July 1849; U.S.S. Corwin 1880"; to which was added "U.S.S. Yukon 1880." On another shorter stick was engraved [[Russian Cyrillic letters]] Р.А.H. ЭHCПEДИЦІЯ [[/Cyrillic]] 1838 [[Cyrillic letters]] cч [[/Cyrillic]] 29 [[Cyrillic letters]] abг [[/Cyrillic]]. 10 [[Cyrillic letters]] ceнb [[/Cyrillic]]" or "Russian American Company's (Kashevaroff's) expedition, from Aug 29 to Sept 10, 1838"  A board has been attached to this marked "H.M.S. Plover, Aug 1851, a bottle 10 ft Mag [[superscript]] n [[/superscript]] North"; other parties had recorded on this board, "Victoria" "Fanny 1865" and "B(ark) Oliver Crocker 1865"; the wood which seems to have stood here fifty four years was in good preservation.  The bottle had probably contained information, if any Franklin survivors should find it for their finding buried stores.  The island is of mica schist and gneiss with some quartz dykes. Blueberries, Rubus chamǣmorus, service berries, etc. were ripe, cranberries not quite ripe.  Dwarf birch alder and willow were noticed growing on the island.

Transcription Notes:
Russian/Cyrillic checked with a Russian speaker/reader. Geographic names checked: Cape Krusenstern; Chamisso Harbor/Id.; Eschscholtz Bay; Kotzebue Sound. See transcription center p. 5 of this project (p. 1 in notebook) for how to transcribe dittos, model for tables: https://transcription.si.edu/transcribe/6983/SIA-SIA2014-05216