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50 Weather partly clear at times with drifting sand & fog. Rainy in P.M. wind fresh to moderate. [[line]] Sunday Oct. 17th 1880 [[line]] [[page includes tables with 7 columns - "|" used to better distinguish separate column fields for readability.]] [[table]] [[table headings]] Time. | Bar. | Ther. | Dry b. | Wet b. | Water | Wind. 6 A.M. | 29.34 | 37.5 | 38 | 38.5 | 43 | SW. 12 M | .35 | 39.5 | 41 | 41 | 44 | S. 6 P.M. | .40 | 38.5 | 40 | 40 | 43 | S. [[/table]] Cloudy with showers: about sunset it clears off, promising fair for tomorrow. Wind variable to light. Buring the night a heavy snowfall coming down to 1000 feet [[strikethrough]] F [[/strikethrough]] on the hills. A little snow falls on deck in the early A.M. The schr. Matthew Turner sails for the westward. [[line]] Monday Oct. 18th [[line]] [[table]] Time. | Bar. | Ther. | Dry b. | Wet b. | Water | Wind. 6 A.M. | 29.64 | 38.5 | 41 | 41 | 44 | NNW. 8 " [[ditto for: A.M.]] | .74 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 44 | " [[ditto for: NNW]] 12 M | .78 | 40.5 | 42 | 42 | 45 | " [[ditto for: NNW]] 4 P.M. | .80 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 42.5 | 46 | N. 8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .82 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 41 | 46.5 | " [[ditto for: N.]] 12 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .86 | 40 | 42 | 42.5 | 46.5 | " [[ditto for: N.]] [[/table]] Day cloudy with a few rainsqualls & fresh to moderate wind. Slip moorings about 6.30 A.M. and beat out of Captains Bay, and just succeed in squeezing through [[end page]] [[start page]] 51 the Unalga Pass against the tide. Take our departure at 1.30 P.M. from Egg Id. en route for San Francisco. [[line]] Tuesday Oct. 19th 1880 [[line]] [[page includes tables with 7 columns - "|" used to better distinguish separate column fields for readability.]] [[table]] [[table headings:]] Time. | Bar. | Ther. | Dry b. | Wet b. | Water | Wind. 4 A.M | 29.70 | 38.5 | 42 | 41 | 46 | N. 8 " [[ditto for: A.M.]] | .68 | 39 | 42 | 42 | 47 | N by E. 12 M. | .64 | 40.5 | 42 | 42 | 47 | " [[ditto for: N by E.]] 4 P.M. | .69 | 44.5 | 42.5 | 42 | 46 | " [[Ditto for: N by E.]] 8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .78 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 46 | " [[ditto for: N by E.]] 12 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .84 | 42 | 44 | 43.5 | 47 | " [[ditto for: N by E.]] [[/table]] Day cloudy with rain. Wind fresh with irregular choppy sea, which increase and oblige us to heave to about 3 P.M. in which condition we pass the rest of the day. [[line]] Wednesday Oct. 20th [[line]] [[table]] 4 A.M. | 29.91 | 42 | 43 | 42.5 | 45 | N. by E. 8 " [[ditto for: A.M.]] | 30.11 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 48.5 | " [[ditto for: N by E.]] 12 M. | 30.03 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 50 | " [[ditto for: N by E.]] 4 P.M. | 29.99 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 48 | " [[ditto for: N by E.]] 8 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .96 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 43 | 48.5 | NE 12 " [[ditto for: P.M.]] | .89 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 50 | N. [[/table]] Wind more moderate & sea more regular. Toward night wind increases. Day cloudy with rainsqualls. Get under way again about 4 A.M. & run under short sail all day.
Transcription Notes:
Geographic names checked: Captains Bay; Unalga Pass; Egg Id.. 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
