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[[boxed]] 1861 Sat Apr 13 [[/boxed]] IX A.M. - The weather so unpropitious that I must delay my contemplated tramp, since Sunrise, it has thickened up & now a light snow is falling, while the mountains all around are enveloped from view. I had made arrangements for "Sharkey" ( ) the company of yesterday, to go with me. PM Observations for Variation of h m s [[sun symbol]] Compass { 6-52-18 -13[[degree symbol]] } By Az. Compass [[line]] Apparent { 6-56-18 - 12[[degree symbol]] } Times = { 7-00-18 - 11[[degree symbol]] } { 7-04-18 - 10[[degree symbol]] } There being uniformly 4 minutes intervening the observations, I take [[underlined]] one [[/underlined]] - say time 2d - h6-m56-s18 & work it out: Time App. from Noon h6-m56-s18 = 5.09459 Lat 62-52 = 9.65902 Dec. Cont 9.99423 [[line]] 55955 = 4.74784 59412 [[line]] 03457 = 1[[degree symbol]] -59[[feet symbol]] [[symbol: Sun]] AC Refraction + 18-35 [[line]] 2-17-35 Parallax -9 [[line]] [[symbol: Sun]] True Alt = 2[[degree symbol]] -17[[feet symbol]] -26[[inch symbol]] [[left margin]] 9-8-45 10-18 [[line]] 9-19-03 = Dec. 90-00 [[line]] 80-41 [[/left margin]] P. Dis. 80[[degree symbol]] -41[[feet symbol]] 62-52 = .34098 2-17 = .00034 [[line]] 2)145-50 [[line]] 72-55 = 9.46800 80-41 [[line]] 7[[degree symbol]] -46 = 9.99600 [[line]] 2)19.80532 [[line]] 36[[degree symbol]] -57[[feet symbol]] = 9.90266 x 2 [[line]] N 73[[degree symbol]] -54[[feet symbol]] W. [[symbol: Sun]]'s true Az. N 12-00 W. [[symbol: Sun]]'s Magc. Az. [[line]] N 61[[degree symbol]] -54[[feet symbol]] W. [[underlined]] Variation [[/underlined]] " [[ditto for: Magc.]] Needle [[end page]] [[start page]] To-day measured distance base of Budington Mount to vessel in direct line - found it to be 4455 feet. Consequently my pacing is too short for the measure I allow to wit - 2 5/10 feet. From measurement & the angles have calculated height of Budington Mount & find it to be 7 feet less than 500 - that is 493 feet above the level of the Sea. [[image: diagram of angles annotated 4[[degree symbol]] -20[[feet symbol]]. 3003 feet 8[[degree symbol]]-00[[feet symbol]] 493 feet]] (See Apr 12th) [[image: diagram of angles annotated 4-20 2277 6-30 726 8[[degree symbol]] -00 1188 11-30 264 12-00]] Little girl, Oo-kood-lear - & bright boy "Isaiah" arrived from Ebierbing's settlement to-day - they "ran away"! Says that ^[[Tuk-oo-li-too]] sent word to me "Te-bon-e-tie" (?) [[double line across page]] [[image - cross]] Apr. 14 1861 AM. +8 28.675 Wind N.W. Light (Overcast) M +4 28.657 " [[ditto for: Wind]] N.E. Fresh, Clear PM 0 28.576 = Calm & beautiful A & S. PM Observations for Time h m 2 8-21-27 46[[degree symbol]] - 35[[feet symbol]] 8-22-52 46-17 [[encircled]] Obsv. (Mine) [[/encircled]] 8-26-19 46-05 8 27-35 45 20 [[line]] [[/line]] 4 | 33-38-13 4 | 184-17 [[line]] [[line]] 8-24-33) [[dotted line to encircled note above]] 46-04-15 Chro 10-34.7) Sextant error -1-45 Fract 10-34.7) [[dotted line to last encircled text]] [[line]] [[line]] [[line]] 8-13-56.3 2 | 46-02-30 [[line]] T[[?]] [[?]] gain 2.3 ) 23-01-1[[?]] [[line]] 16=07 8-13-53.7 [[line]] 23-17-22 Ref 2-13 [[line]] [[sun symbol]] Al. 23-15-09 [[encircled]] Chro fast to [[strikethrough]] [[?]] 12th accumulated Note 10-34.7 ( since 12th} ( 2 Days fast } =7.6 [[line]] 10-37-3 m s [[/encircled]]