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Friday Aug 17 1860
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Hunt
The ^[[gray?]] whale feed for dogs
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[]"Nowyera?]] - 3 game & no game! ^[[one crow by Sterry]]
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Hot Ice-Berg
{Litns?] fashion rim
up! My Breath!
The Thousand ^[[& 1]] Island
Sterry Cook I fuel gatherer
 The dinner - Ducks ^[[Kunorow?]]
(Seals & visit Natives The game 

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& dogs are on Island
The last of the flour!!
[[Ngnat's?]] signboard ^[[after Capt B.]]
Natives going hunting 1 week 
I going - Running bullets till 11 at night.
Dividing crews all hands aboard the [[strikeout]] he [[/strikeout]] "George Henry"
getting ready for whaling
Eve air 37 °/ᵘ
Sterry's Rheumatism!

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No 1
Started 3 o'clock ^[[AM]] Aug 17

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1st American vessel the "Rescue" & "George Henry"
Capt B.

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The general trend of land from Hall Island to [[Bense?]] Summit & thence the [[strikeout]] [[?]] [[/strikeout]] coast of the inlet up is N.W. by W.

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The Ampithetson * [[foot note below at end of page]]
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(South [[Side?]] Inlet)

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Patches of snow on all the mountains in the North

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The Pinnacle Ice Berg of 16th

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*"French Head"-thus named after death A. Frenchman Mar 17-1861

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Aug 17 continued
whole
Spitzbergen ^North!
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Last night quiet waters
This morning all the strong
wind from the N, W roll
no swells.
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"Nyet" piloting
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Charles run to the top of
the foremast. [[?]]
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do not [[? ? ?]] his
want tell him [[? ? ? ?]]
& then [[?]] out!
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Low coast north side
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[[?]] ^[[?]] [[?]] VI 1/2" [[?]] ^VII [[?]]
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The Boat of [[Georgiman?]]

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Ngats squaw is pilot to pilot to Rescue
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The entertainment to the [[Georgiman's?]] 
Mr. Roach 3rd mate
Boat - A new Idea

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Sterry's 1st shot 
at a "Nowyrn"
miss him - Said "it was
a hard call for him
If it had stretch 2 feet
further it would have fixed
him"

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8 o'clk AM
[[Landell?]] dog

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VIII1/2 My Boat
Launched 1st time
& towed to the Rescue
Like a Duck!

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IX Launched [[?]] [[?]]

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Sterry & I hunting "Dinky"
The Rush rolled 2 Ducks
came near the [[repetion]] of Sterry sent