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[[begin page]] Monday May 11/74 Morning clear & calm. Observations for time with sextant. At 11.30 weigh anchor and stand out by the Eastern passage. The Tsaritska rock is much further north and closer in shore than it is represented. Put to sea beating out of the bay with a light but rather steady breeze Tuesday May 12 Day clear and fine. Fresh breeze from the NW. Beating up the coast toward Cross Sound. The outer coast of Chichagoff Id is fringed with small long islands. Britton is wrongly placed in the Coast Survey chart. The bearings do not agree well along the coast. Land less ragged than at Sitka. more low land well timbered. Wednesday May 13 Day clear & fine throughout. Wind very light. Beating toward Lituya Bay all day. P.M. Get some altitudes on the peaks in the vicinity of Icy Cape [[end page]] [[begin page]] Edge comb E by S 3/4 S comp. [[strikethrough]] N no Mary B [[end strikethrough]] E by N Pt. Cross pt NW by N 1/4 N Crillon NW Fairweather NW 1/2 W Pt Fairweather NW 3/4 W [[drawing]] [[math computation]] [[end page]]