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Rapids below Lake Franklin July 30th 185Here?]] Here tho finding many relics they left + arrived Point Beaufort [[right margin]] = 31. [[/right margin]] [[left margin]][[?]] [[/left margin]] [[Passed?]] to Montreal Island Aug 1st "Next two Days [[devoted?]] by the entire party to examination of the Island + [/right margin]] 2d + 3d [[/right margin]] the small Islands in its vicinity" Various articles found belonging to the ship of Sir J. Franklin. Found the spot where boat was cut up & c & c Not on record = [[right margin]] Aug 4th [[/right margin]] Crossed over to Western [[Main?]]-Land of Ml. Island ,, [[right margin]] =5th [[/right margin]] whole party [[?]] in making [[encircled]] 23 [[/encircled]] a most minute search [[as?]] far as ^[[the]] point of Elliot Bay & Reached "Point Pechel [[Lake?]]' [[right margin]] 6th [[/right margin]] Land party searched whole coast from between Ml Id to Point [[Pechel]] [[end page]] [[start page]] Early the entire party [[right margin]] Aug 7th [[/right margin]] (except 2 at work in boats) Taking the [[Haklet?]] boat 5 men followed all the [[sinuosities?]] of the Coast while the others were spread at equal distances inland encamped [[?]] opposite [[right margin]] Aug 7th [[/right margin]] Maconochie Island only vestige found [[?]] cod Line + a strip of striped cotton on Point Ogle in an Esq encamp 3 or 4 years old Explored Maconochie [[I?]] [[right margin]] Aug 8th [[/right margin]] By launching Halkett Boat found nothing - Began to return 3 oclk PM [[right margin]] Aug 8th [[/right margin]] Last of party did not get to encamp. till 10 o'clk All done that could be so [[said?]]
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Tried including dates using [[right margin]] but there might be a better way