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Saturday Aug 9 Morning take the large boat & secondmate & go down to the point where I had observed an opening yesterday, go in and sound & find a good harbor with three entrances behind some islands [[insertion]] many sea otter [[/insertion]] bottom hard, with mud here & there Return to vessel. Capt Herendeen has examined the other Bay & finds 9 ft of water only on the bar. After dinner stand into my new harbor in the schooner & anchor in 15 fms - take the small boat and explore the ramifications of the bay among the islands discovering a bay five miles long & two wide with innumerable islands, completely landlocked. Remains of five old villages, one dead seal & many live ones and a great quantity of birds. Ascend several of the hills & return to vessel in P.M. Sunday Aug 10 Foggy & cloudy. Skin seal and go ashore for a little while in A.M. but find beaches very bare - P.M. write up notes - crabs for supper Wind fresh westerly - [[end page]] [[start page]] [[image: two sketches of island/mountain landscapes, one labeled SE by E and one labeled S by E.]] Pk SE by S 1/4 S vert. 4°.38'.20" Course E 1/2 N 4 .42 .50 Log sends 19 miles 4 .43 .20 4 .43 .60 " " 25 1/3 " 4 .46 .30 4 .47 .30 S 3/4 E 4 .48 .40 4 .48 .00 4 .50 .10 Gordoi SW by S 1°.35'.50" 1 .35 .50 1 .36 .30 1 .36 .00 one sea mile 60 .4 [[height of one mountain noted on S by E sketch]] 7247 ft off one 28.30 on 34.30 off 29.30 on 34.40 off 29.10 on 34.30