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Monday, Juy 30th 1860 At Meridian Lat. 64°- 35' 28"N Thick heavy fog ^[[insertion]] came on [[/insertion]] this Morning after service. At 9 O'Clk AM ^[[insertion]] fog dispersed - [[/insertion]] Ship took the breeze from S.W. strong - & headed NW by N by compass. At 12 (Meridian) I took an observation & found we were in [[underlined in red]] Lat. 64°-35'-27'' N. twenty ^[[insertion]] miles [[/insertion]] S.W.(true) from Cape Mercy. [[/underlined in red]] Soon after Dinner made 2 sketches of an Ice-berg 1in approaching [[strikethrough]] it [[/strikethrough]] & the other in passing it. We were now making transit of the entrance of "Northumberland Inlet". If a favorable wind should continue, expect to make harbor by to-morrow eve, on the west side Lat.63°-20' N. The mountains on the West side of said Inlet were distinctly visible as we passed Cape Mercy this Morning. [[underlined in red]] The distance is 65 miles. [[/underlined in red]] On leaving the East side of the Sound, I observed that the mountains there did not run up to such high broken peaks as in Greenland. The approach ^[[insertion]] from sea-ward [[/insertion]] to these mountains seemed [[end page]] [[start page]] July 30/60 almost impossible - at least to many of them. [[strikethrough]] They sit [[/strikethrough]] Their sides looked like Palisades - Their tops terrace-like. Once on those mountains, I think one could travel to his heart's content - as to coming down that would be easy enough, but like the man learning to fly, it might be found hard [[lighting!?]] About 3 O'Clock this P.M. with my glasses in hand, I took my position aloft to note the contrast between the appearance of the Land on the East side & that of the West. Be. 3 & 4 ^[[insertion]] O'Clk PM [[/insertion]] I should judge, we were as near the one side as the other. I could see far up the Inlet on ^[[insertion]] either [[/insertion]] [[strikethrough]] each [[/strikethrough]] side - & on the West side far below. The result of my observation [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] is that while the East side is nearly destitute of snow that of the West is generally covered. [[strikethrough]] with snow [[/strikethrough]] The same I observed of Greenland & the land on the West side of Davis Strait. At Holsteinborg Lat.66°-58'N. - & many miles above - & many below on the mountains facing the sea, there was but little [[strikethrough]] [[illegible]] [[/strikethrough]] snow. say in drifts