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[[line]] Monday Oct. 4th 80 [[line]] 

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Time. | Barom. | Ther. | Dry b. | Wet b.| Water | Wind
6 A.M.| 30.02  | 41.   | 41.5   | 41.5  | 47    | N
12 M. |   .09  | 49    | 49     | 48.5  | 47.5  | Calm
8 P.M.|   .08  | 48    | 47     | 47    | 47.5  | NNW
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Day nearly clear till 10 A.M. then cloudy with heavy fog in evening. Wind light or none. Get under way early in the A.M. and work out toward the entrance against a very light wind which failing we return a short distance and anchor in the entrance of the inner bay.

[[line]] Tuesday Oct. 5th [[line]]

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4 A.M.| 30.00  | 41    | 42.5   | 42    | 47    | SE
8 " [[ditto for: A.M.]]  | 29.95  | 42    | 43.    | 43    | 47    | ESE
12 M. |   .92  | 42.5  | 45.    | 45    | 45    | SSW
4 P.M.|   .82  | 42    | 43     | 43    | 45    | W
8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]]  |   .75  | 41    | 43.5   | 43.5  | 45    | SE
12 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] |   .68  | 41    | 43.5   | 43.5  | 45    | " [[ditto for: SE]]
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Day cloudy with showers. Wind light to fresh, boxing the compass.
At 5.30 A.M. sail from Chernoffsky.
At 9.00 P.M. anchor in the outer roadstead of Captain's Bay, the weather being very dark and nasty. Saw the Dora going through Akutan Pass. The Corwin sailed hence for San Francisco on the 2nd instant.
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[[line]] Wednesday Oct. 6th/80 [[line]]

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Time. | Barom. | Ther. | Dry b. | Wet b.| Water | Wind.
4 A.M.| 29.60  | 40.5  | 43     | 42.5  | 42    | SE
6 P.M |   .68  | 45.5  | 48     | 47.5  | 45.5  | Calm
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Day cloudy with glimpses of sunlight. Wind light variable. Move in to Iliuliuk Harbor. Find the schrs. Pauline Collins & Unalashka in port. The former is to sail immediately for San Francisco.
Receive our first and only mail of the season. Day spent in its examination and in preparing letters and account to go down by the Collins.

[[line]] Thursday Oct. 7th [[line]]

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6 A.M.| 29.44  | 45.5  | 48.5   | 48.5  | 46    | SW
12 M  |   .52  | 46.0  | 49.5   | 50.0  | 47    | " [[ditto for: SW]]
6 P.M.|   .46  | 45.0  | 45.5   | 45.5  | 46    | Calm
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Day more than half clear. Wind moderate 
Schr. Pauline Collins sails for San Francisco with our mail.
Observations for time dip and intensity completing the season's field work as far as planned.
Repair & paint storehouse at this place and erect a fence around it and a breakwater to keep the bank in front safe.

Transcription Notes:
Geographic names checked: Chernoffsky; Captain's Bay; Akutan Pass; San Francisco; Iliuliuk Harbor. 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