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much that is before it. although the G. H. is completely cradled in the ice, yet then heavy swells keep her dancing up & down as if old ocean had [[strikethrough]] hold of [[/strikethrough]] her. Every now & then the ice heaves against her whole star board side giving a shock as if to trip some careless sitter or walker up The water[[guess]] sky 3/4 around us)
The Bay - "Rescue Bay" is now completely open again. Our harbor only remains with ice - a part of that left - much now leaving. The tide is now ebbing which is favorable. The wind is blowing ^[[but]] moderately wh. is also favorable. But if the wind at the present time was strong from E or N.E. the ice would drift in hardy & take us with it perhaps
XII ^[[ [[underlined]] midnight [[/underlined]] ]] I have just been on deck - the weather & appearances ^[[of the ice around us]] are decidedly bad. Wind increasing from the N.E. Capt. B. [[strikethrough]] has [[/strikethrough]] after building up a castle (not of fancy ^[[but of Mallayar Raisins fat ones too!)]] on the table. before ^[[ [[encircled]] me [[/encircled]] ]] rolled himself back on to the Locker & plunged into the land of Nod. By the by in parenthesis let me ask Capt B. at some future day if he remembers standing with me on the Quarter deck about XI o'clock at night 30th Nov 1860 when danger stared us on every hind & looking down beneath the Windlass wheel & seeing a [[strikethrough]] Ghost [[/strikethrough]] Ghost! White Flona [[strikethrough]] Blackhead [[/underlined]] up by her visit beneath the try - kettles - attempting to make that the residence of
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her family of 6 quarter grown puppies - Capt B writing ^[[ [[?]] this sleeping bag]] [[strikethrough]] her [[/strikethrough]] for a Turkey - the raised foot to give it a kick! Our snow-balling dogs & each ^[[other]] for amusement. While [[?]]
^[[threatening]] Barometer 30,050
Thermometer 30[[degree symbol]]
Wind fresh from N.E. Very Cloudy
This closes Nov. 1860, Record
So far as I am concerned in making it.
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Saturday December
{1860} First
At VIII o'clock this morning the ice gave way [[strikethrough]] f [[/strikethrough]] North, Nor West & westward of us. The "George Henry" again in the dividing line! That ice which ^[[has cracked off &]] is now drifting, runs up to the same line as that wh. left us the other [[strikethrough]] d [[/strikethrough]] night. I may say the same old sore is open again in same place! The ^[[native]] crews had come as far as they could with a boat this morning for their breakfasts. They left the boat drawn up on the edge of the ice. Hardly landed fairly on the deck of GH ere the ice opened as indicated & away their boat was drifting. The alarm was raised, a back crew of the natives was called out [[strikethrough]] & for [[/strikethrough]] flying over the ship's bow bounding they went; leaping channels then fast [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] increasing in number & width till they arrived on to the Main [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] ice [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] which was bearing away their Boat. This crew drew their boat over the ice, launched it & ferried themselves over a channel then hauled it upon ice at the stern of G. Henry where it has been all day. At 10 ^[[AM]] one of the men went aloft & looked ^[[N.]] West 

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There are Malayar Raisins, writer used two 'l's