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Friday Aug 17 1860 [[three pages, two vertical and one horizontal placed on page]] [[page 1, top left]] [[page 2, top right]] [[page 3, bottom]] [[Start page 1]] [Column 1] Hunt The ^[[gray?]] whale feed for dogs [[line across column]] []"Nowyera?]] - 3 game & no game! ^[[one crow by Sterry]] [[line across column]] 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 [[end column 1]] [[Start column 2]] & 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! [[end column 2]] [[end page 1]] [start page 2]] No 1 Started 3 o'clock ^[[AM]] Aug 17 [[line across page]] 1st American vessel the "Rescue" & "George Henry" Capt B. [[line across page]] 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. [[line across page]] The Ampithetson * [[foot note below at end of page]] [[image: a flat-topped mountain or hill with other conical hills beyond]] (South [[Side?]] Inlet) [[line across page]] Patches of snow on all the mountains in the North [[line across page]] The Pinnacle Ice Berg of 16th [[line across page]] *"French Head"-thus named after death A. Frenchman Mar 17-1861 [[end page]] [[start page 3]] [[start column 1]] Aug 17 continued whole Spitzbergen ^North! [[line]] Last night quiet waters This morning all the strong wind from the N, W roll no swells. [[line]] "Nyet" piloting [[line]] Charles run to the top of the foremast. [[?]] [[illegible line of writing]] [[illegible line of writing]] do not [[? ? ?]] his want tell him [[? ? ? ?]] & then [[?]] out! [[line]] Low coast north side [[line]] [[?]] ^[[?]] [[?]] VI 1/2" [[?]] ^VII [[?]] [[line]] The Boat of [[Georgiman?]] [[end page 3, column 1]] [[begin page 3, column 2]] Ngats squaw is pilot to pilot to Rescue [[line]] The entertainment to the [[Georgiman's?]] Mr. Roach 3rd mate Boat - A new Idea [[line]] 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" [[line]] 8 o'clk AM [[Landell?]] dog [[line]] VIII1/2 My Boat Launched 1st time & towed to the Rescue Like a Duck! [line] IX Launched [[?]] [[?]] [[line]] Sterry & I hunting "Dinky" The Rush rolled 2 Ducks came near the [[repetion]] of Sterry sent