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46 with squalls. Bar. unchanged at night. Monday, Feb. 19, 1872 Weather Barom. Thermometer Wind Stormy 29.378 16 18 15 N & W 6 Heavy snowstorm, wind varying from N to West, in evening still more furious. P.M.11, Barom. 29.100. Wind W. Telemetric and chain measurements to date amount to 72.233 245/1000 meters or about 38.9 geographical miles. Tuesday Feb. 20th Stormy 29.062 19 20 15 Stiff NW Stiff NW & W wind with squalls of snow. 4 P.M. Bar. 28.900, high wind and heavy snowfall. 11 P.M. Bar. 28.944 wind lulling. Wednesday Feb. 21st Stormy 28.980 20 20 17 W very strong Very strong W wind with blinding snow 2 P.M. wind more southerly barometer 29.024. 11 P.M. wind W, more moderate, barom. 29.100 Thursday Feb. 22nd Snowy 29.320 19 22 18 W. mod. [[end page]] [[start page]] 47 Wind more moderate, west, with snowsqualls at intervals. Friday Feb. 23, 1872 Weather Barom. Thermometer Wind. Snowy. 29.350 20 26 18 NW. lt. Light NW wind with snow, continuing all day. Barometer, 10 Pill, 29.200 Saturday Feb. 24. Snowy 29.125 16 18 16 NW. strong Strong NW wind with snow, cloudy. Memoranda. Archimandritoff calls attention to the rocks on the east side of Akutan Pass opposite the Chica (Full) islets, and a reef half a mile off Cape Kalekhla On Tebenkoff's chart, Tanaga (or the island to the west of it) is wrong in longitude as bearings taken between them do not agree with those on the chart in question. There are several islands in the Shumagin group which are not down on any chart. Also a rock to the east of Nagais in lat. 54.° 49'. 30" and long. 157.° 38.