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These being finished search for the supposed third rock between the Amaknak Rocks and trace a broken reef, part of which is awash, extending nearly all the way from the larger island to the smaller one. There is no sage passage between them
Wednesday Feb. 14, 1872
Weather Barom. Thermometer Wind
Stormy 29.220 28.5 38 26 Strong N.
Cloudy with rain and snow. schr. John Bright of Hutchinson Kohl [[short hand 'and']] Co. arrives from San Francisco with mail and provisions for us. She bring no bills of lading, invoice or other list of stores consigned to us, and the letters sent down by the Hutchinson have been entirely disregarded and unanswered. The consequences are that provisions which we need have not been sent; some which we did not need have been forwarded and nothing whatever has been done about the coal.
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Thursday Feb. 15, 1872
Weather Barom. Thermom. Wind
Stormy 29.438 26.5 38 16 Strong N.
Cloudy, with rain and snow. Moderate in early A.M. when we are obliged to remove the tide guage to make room for the discharge of good on the wharf. P.M. storm increases with rain [[short hand 'and']] snow squalls.
Friday, Feb. 16, 1872
Stormy 29.402 20 27 18 Strong N
Strong wind with snow squalls, which cants from N to due W in P.M. Evening barometer unchanged.
Saturday, Feb. 17th
Stormy 29.398 22 28 19 NNW6
Cloudy. High wind with snow squalls every few minutes. Night, driving snow. Barometer 11 P.M. 29.425 Wind WNW
Sunday Feb. 18th
Stormy 29.442 18 20 16 NW6
Heavy snowstorm. Wind varying