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July 30/60 steering S.W. - Whether an American or English ship no one could tell. About 9 O'Clock this eve we came within three miles of "Tao-Kur" [[insertion circled]] Equinox [[/insertion circled]] on "Sanderson Tower" the West side Northumberland Sound & tacked ship bearing away S.E. (true) There were twenty Ice-bergs within sight scattered ^[[insertion]] here & there [[/insertion]] (along in a line) near to the coast. Here is a matter of question. Why is it that the Bergs hug the coasts on the West sides of Northumberland Inlet [[strikethrough]][?]] & that up [[/strikethrough]] Davis Strait? I may add the west side of the waters between Norway & Greenland & of Fox Channel. The temperature of the waters on the East side Northumberland Inlet & its middle was 36° - on the West side ^[[insertion]] to-night [[/insertion]] when we tacked ship 33°- but one degree above freezing point of fresh water. Where we were this morning, West side of Davis Strait, the temperature of the water was just 33°, exactly the same as in the former Case! [[end page]] [[start page]] July 30th 1860 [[image - pen sketch of ship enclosed in orange circle at top middle of page]] [[Text on page obscured by a blank piece of paper.]]