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[[margin]] 1860
Tuesday
Aug 21 [[/margin]]

a sound supposed to be a few miles above here, [[strikethrough]] where [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] when [[/insertion]] the Frobisher Council [[strikethrough]] at which it was [[/strikethrough]] finally determined to send all persons & things on shore upon Countess of Warwick's island.
Across the strait was the "Meta Incognita" of Queen Elizabeth. During the 1st 1/2 hour, refraction was going on. At length Nature, resumed her general appearance. The distance, approximate was 50 miles. The Mountains presented a vastness beyond any thing I have yet seen. Near the coast of "Meta Incognita, I saw a few Ice-bergs. Otherwise, there was no ice to be seen. Patches of snow were here & there upon the mountains of that [[underlined]] Unknown Land [[/underlined]].
How I long to be exploring this Strait & the Lands adjacent! At high water ([[insertion]] of [[/insertion]] spring tides) Frobisher Strait & this Bay, into wh. we have just made passage & anchorage, are connected by water. Leaving the party at the highest point of "Morgan Hill", I & Mgan proceeded on to the Water's edge of Frobisher's Strait. We soon returned. When all were assembled on the hill-top, Capt. Budington called the attention of the party to one fact which he wished to communicate to wit & NOW & henceforth this shall be known as "Hall's Isthmus" [[insertion]] naming [[/insertion]] after C F Hall of Cincinnati! This I thought to be a compliment [[insertion]] of which I am [[/insertion]] entirely undeserving. I have made record of my thanks to Capt. B. for [[insertion]] the [[/insertion]] honor done me.
The Hill upon which we stood & to wh. I have already made reference, was named "Morgan Hill", after one of our party, Edwin Morgan of Groton, Conn. nephew of Capt. Budington. 
Taking a last look at the renowned Strait, we hastened back, [[insertion]] as [[/insertion]] night was coming on. I found on my return many fossil stone wh. I was anxious to secure. Mgan & his nu-li-an-a (Kan-i-u) coming up & seeing I was well loaded down, offered to assist me. [[strikethrough]] The [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]]  Kan-i-u's [[/insertion]] hood, an article which every adult female Esquimaux has attached to her "long tailed coat", was widely opened to receive my load. Some 50 lbs weight of Rocks, more or less, were placed there-in thus proving the always-at-hand-convenience of the Esquimaux Bonnet: Now answering the function of a Geologist's Saddle Bags; another hour - a lady's bonnet [[insertion] & pocket [[/insertion]] then [[insertion]] another [[/insertion]] a Bailey House!