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-------Friday June 12--------- Morning with light clouds.P.M nearly clear--Wind light all day-at 8.30 A.M. Log read 2 3/4 miles at 9.40 A.M. 5 miles & at noon 9 3/4 miles. Course at 8:30. W by N by compass- at 9.40 change to NW by West till noon 8.30 A.M. observations for time to fix position for bearing on islands--at this time-- SW islet bore W by N Islets off next Island W by N 1/2N E end last Island on with end WNW 1/4 W E end next W NW Islet on Pass' NW by W 1/2 W E end next island NW by W rocks off NW island NW 3/4 W N end Chirikoff 2d NE by E 1/2 E S." "[[/ditto for: end Chirikoff]] E by N Chirikoff subtended an angle of 12 [[degrees]] 24' at the beginning & 12.09 at end of observational Scuridi group[[?]] between 26 [[degrees]] 36 Left 1st rock 20.30 1st bunch of land 10.09 Ended at 9 A.M. At noon observations for latitude a outer Rock bare [[?]] W by s 1/4 S b Wind South 2d 2 [[encircled]] ? [[/encircled]] W 3/4 S [[end page]] [[start page]] 8 A.M. N end Chirikoff 20 NE by E S " " " [[dittos for: end Chirikoff]] E by N 1/2 N Northeast Island Aghiyuk Small island S E of it Ahghik' Next one (astr ∆) Anvwik[[ańorvik?]] Next S Keeleetagikh One in Pass Sukhlik South Island Ahlikh'seemit Outer Island Kŭt'loot Inner large Cho'wee-et N W Island Katee'khŭk_ Eskimo names- Natives left Chirikoff in 1870 Schooner came there in 1872 [[line across page]] C|E end S " [[ditto for: end]]on W end Choweit 2W 1/3 S [[strikethrough]] U [[/strikethrough]]|E end Choweiit [[?word not clear]] W by N 1/2 N |Rock a fraction N of this [[?g]]|W end [[strikethrough]] Aghiyuk [[/strikethrough]] Sukhlik W by N 3/4 N h|E end Sukhlik WNW L|W end Keeleetagikh WNW 1/3 N J|E ""[[dittos for: end Keeleetagikh]]NW by W 1/2W f|W "[[ditto for: end]] Aghiyuk WNW 1/6 N k|E end "[[ditto for Aghiyuk]]?in lowland NW by W 1|Easternmost land NW 5/6 W |N end Chirikoff visible E 1/2 N |S """[[dittos for: emd Chirikoff visible]] E over [end page]
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