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[[begin page]] Workover astronomical positions Evening go ashore and call on Greenbaum & Wagner. Capt. goes [[ev ?]] Sunday Sept 14 Day cloudy wind moderate & variable- Workover packing specimens. The old [[Atkan?]] comes off at lunch and I get the names of the whales in Aleut In the evening call on [[Shrofly?]] & the old priest Monday Sept 15 Morning wet fog which continues nearly all day. Work over packing &c getting a good deal of stuff out of the way. Also work over memoranda [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] positions surroundings &c for report. Evening mending Mr. Clay comes aboard- Tuesday Sept 16 Morning with fresh southerly winds and broken clouds- Obs for azimuth. later cloudy squalls & rain. Evening clear & calm obs for azimuth on the pole star Wednesday Sept 17 Morning, cloudy, wind tight SE- Angles between the signal used in polestar azimuth and church & and magnetic azimuth of latter. P.M. wind fresher. Take the [[end page]] [[begin page]] BLANK [[end page]]