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1861 Fri Mar 29

At this hour, XI Night, The Auroral Arch is still above.  O, that friends at Home could but for one night witness this [[underlined]] peculiar [[/underlined]] & the glory - Workings of the aurora here!

Que-jesse not only blind but speechless from the exposure & efforts of yesterday.

X1h-15m - The Aurora still beautifying the sky.  Over the Heavens (7/8 of it) not adorned with its [[underlined]] "Workings", [[/underlined]] a thin gauze wh is Aurora diffused.  Thermometer 10[[degree symbol]] below zero - Air calm.

I hope to be able to commence out door work soon now.  The Sun is getting high up - I await the restoration of weakened limbs - when I shall be moving.  I feel that [[underlined]] I must explore Frobisher Bay this Spring, determining beyond all question, the fact of Frobisher Straits being a Myth so far as East side of Davis Strait is concerned. [[/underlined]]

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Saturday, Mar 30 1861

Ther AM 0 Wind N.W. Fair Moist
" [[ditto for: Ther]] M +12 N Thick Fresh
" [[ditto for: Ther]] PM -4 E " " [[dittos for: Thick Fresh]]

Observations I made this morning for [[underlined]] Time [[/underlined]] with use Artificial Horizon:

By Cheonometer,      }
Greenwich Mean Time, }

h  m  s
[[strikethrough]]
14 26 15 = 54[[degree symbol]] - 17
14 - 27 - 27 = 54 - 27
14 - 28 - 36 = 54 - 36
              _________
3) 163 20 Ou
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2) 54 - 26 [[?]] 40
____________
27 - 73 [[?]]
[[symbol for Sun]] Semi Diam 16' - 02" Parlx. 16 - 10
                     _______________
                       27 - 29 - 30
Reflection 1 49
           _____
27 27 41
[[/strikethrough]]

            h    m    s   }   Altitudes
Chro} = 14 - 26 - 15 = 54[[degree symbol]] 17'
T.      }
            14   27   36 = 54 - 27
            14   28   [[?]]9 = 54 - 36
           _____________   ____________
         3) 43 - 22 - 50 3) 163 - 20
           _____________   ____________
Cheo T.     14 - 27 - 37 2) 54 - 26 - 40
Carried forward [[encircled]] B [[/encircled]]              27[[degree symbol]] - 13' - 20"

Parallax +8, [[symbol: Sun]] semi Diam 16 + 02 = 16 + 10
                             _________________
                                 27 - 29 - 30
Refraction                             1   49
                             _________________
Cont. Altitude                   27 - 27 - 41 (Carried up)

Transcription Notes:
Reviewed. Incorrect insertions & irrelevant strikethroughs deleted, some transcription corrected.