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[[Note: two paper pieces with entries obscuring first page entries and some entries to left on second page]] [[column 1]] Stations after Leaving the vessel in Rescue Harbor Ship to Station 1 [[encircled]] 1 to [[/encircled]] 2 [[encircled]] 2 to [[/encircled]] 3 [[encircled]] 3 to [[/encircled]] 4 [[Note: dotted line encircling following two entries and pointing to unknown entry below]] [[encircled]] 4 to [[/encircled]] 5 [[encircled]] 5 to [[/encircled]] 6 [[/column 1]] [[column 2]] Paces ( [[Note: two sets of 4 vertical lines crossed with horizontal line and one set of four vertical lines indicating twenty four paces]] ) (1111) 1400 ( [[Note: one set of 4 vertical lines crossed with horizontal line]] 1111) 400 ( [[Note: one set of 4 vertical lines crossed with horizontal line and one set of four vertical lines indicating nine paces]] ) 900 ( [[Note: two sets of 4 vertical lines crossed with horizontal line indicating five paces]] ) 500 [[vertical]] 100 less 1/2 mile } [[/vertical]] = 783 } [[vertical to right]] ( [[Note: 1 vertical line plus two sets of 4 vertical lines crossed with horizontal line indicating eleven paces]] ) [[/vertical to right]] [[line]] [[vertical to left]] + 1/2 mile [[/vertical to left]] 317 } [[/column 2]] [[column 3]] Nautical Miles & Decimals of Miles 2.20822 .63092 1.41957 .78865 1.23505 .50000 [[line]] 6.78241 [[/column 3]] [[column 4]] Courses by comp. 20[[degree symbol]] 23[[degree symbol]] 79[[degree symbol]] 15[[degree symbol]] 15[[degree symbol]] 15[[degree symbol]] [[/column 4]] [[column 5]] Variation +60 +60 +60 +60 +60 +60 [[/column 5]] [[column 6]] True Compass 80 83 139 75 75 75 [[/column 6]] [[column 7]] Courses True N 80 W N. 83 W S 41 W N 75 W N. 75 W N 75 W [[/column 7]] [[line]] April 22d 1861 - Table Course's & Distances from - Ship in Rescue Harbor to - Land, the commence of [[line]] [[column 1]] Station [[encircled]] 6 [[/encircled]] to [[encircled]] 7 [[/encircled]] = to [[encircled]] 8 [[/encircled]] = to [[encircled]] 9 [[/encircled]] to [[encircled]] 10 [[/encircled]] to [[encircled]] Do-ping Ne-wing [[encircled]] [[/column 1]] [[column 2]] Dist in paces (11) 200 [[Note: in parenthesis, two sets of 4 vertical lines, each crossed with horizontal line denoting 5 for a total of ten]] 1000 (III) 300 634 [[Note: in parenthesis, three sets of 4 vertical lines, each crossed with horizontal line denoting 5 for a total of 15, and II to total 17]] 1700 [[Note: in parenthesis, six sets of 4 vertical lines, each crossed with horizontal line denoting 5 for a total of thirty, and II to total 32]] 3200 [[/column 2]] [[column 3]] Dist in N miles & Decimals .31546 1.57730 .47319 1.00000 2.68141 5.04736 [[/column 3]] [[column 4]] Comp Courses 26[[degree symbol]] 68 76 90 38 64[[degree symbol]] [[/column 4]] [[column 5]] Variation +60[[degree symbol]] " [[ditto for: +60[[degree symbol]] ]] " [[ditto for: +60[[degree symbol]] ]] " [[ditto for: +60[[degree symbol]] ]] " [[ditto for: +60[[degree symbol]] ]] " [[ditto for: +60[[degree symbol]] ]] [[/column 5]] [[column 6]] True C. 86[[degree symbol 128 136 150 98 124 [[/column 6]] [[column 7]] True Courses N, 86 W. S. 52 W. S. 44 W. S. 30 W S. 82 W. S. 56 W. [[/column 7]] [[line across bottom of preceding table]] [[to right]] Apr. 22/61 [[line with loop]] [[to right, encircled and written vertically]] [[Note: associated with last two entries of previous table]] On Ice to O. - 7.72877 [[Note: associated with first four entries of previous table]] Across Land to Frobisher B 3.36595 [[Note: associated with entire table]] .55205 Miles (350 Paces) to be subtracted from the mile on Course 90 to get a real distance [[?]] the Land. [[/to right, encircled and written vertically]] (Table 2). Continuation of Trip to [[underlined]] OO-pung-ne-wing. [[/underlined]] [[to right boxed]] Ship to Land P 6,78241 Land Pass = 3.36595 Ld P to O. = 7.72877 [[line]] Ship to O = 17.87713 [[/to right boxed]] Station [[encircled]] 6 [[/encircled]] was the commencement of the Land Pass - Station [[encircled]] 9 [[/encircled]] was the termination. [[strikethrough]] & bot [[/strikethrough]] I may say however, that ^[[it exceeded the termination by]] about 350 Paces [[strikethrough]] or [[/strikethrough]] (55/100 of a N e Mile) as I had passed on to the [[strikethrough]] [[?]]ing [[/strikethrough]] arm of the bay that distance to get within sight of Kim-gaite & take sights for another Course. [[underlined]] C F Hall [[/underlined]] Sept. 11/63 [[end page]] [[start page]] [[Red bracket left margin]] [[boxed]] Apr 22d 1861 [[/boxed]] My Azimuth Compass & courses tripod - with a handkerchief enclosing a Baker's dozen plugs of tobacco & few strings of glass beads for trade - for purchasing Walrus & Seal food & lodgings! & Thermometer. With these articles pendant to a strap [[strikethrough]] h[[?]] [[/strikethrough]] passing over [[?]] should[[?]] across my breast & down my back, I started, after bidding all a short good bye. [[/red bracket right margin]] [[line with loops across page]] [[strikethrough]] Course [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Each m^[[ar]]k [[/underlined]] represents 100 to be multiplied by 4 & that product by 2.4 the answer will be } in feet} [[column 1]] Paces By Az. C. [[degree symbol]] [[Note: two sets of four vertical lines crossed by horizontal line representing 5 each of 10 and four vertical lines equals total of 24]] x 4 x 2.4 Course 20 [[image]] Vessel bears 200[[degree symbol]] S. E Extreme "Hall } Island" the S. E. extent } [[?]] und Be Frobisher } [[?]] Rescue Bay } = 1645 [[?]]. Jones Mt - - 140[[degree symbol]] [[?]] ton Mt - - - 126 [[?]]ch Head - - - 124 [[?]]er's Bluff - - 93 [[?]]nclined Plane - - 38 [[?]]w Bluff - - - - 8 [[?]]nnel Mt - - - - 313 [[?]]dington Mt - - - 220 [[?]]X of and N side } [[?]]ince to R. Bay } = 172.5 [[?]]nd of No 1) [[line]] IIII x 4 x 2.4 Course 23 vessel bears 203 [[?]]snd of No 2) [[line]] (No 3) [[?]] Course [[?]]III x 4 x 2.4 79[[degree symbol]] T Grinnell 286 [[?]]udington Mr 212 [[?]]s W. Field 236 [[?]]om Bluff 3 [[?]]clined Plane 52 [[?]]r's Bluff 118.5 [[?]]h Head 136 Deep Ravine Be } In. plane & P. Head } = 79 Enc of [[encircled]] 3 [[/encircled]] [[/column 1]] [[column 2]] [[encircled]] No 4 [[/encircled]] [[strikethrough]] To land [[/strikethrough]] Paces Course [[Note: four vertical lines crossed by horizontal line to denote five]] x 4 x 2.4 150 [[image]] French Head 140 Parker's Bluff 126 Top Inclined Plane 47 Snow Bluff 352 Cyrus W. Field Mt 330 Grinnell Mt 280 [[line with loops]] Paces [[Note: two sets of four vertical lines crossed by horizontal line to denote total of 10 and I for 11]] x 4 x 2.4 [[encircled]] [[strikethrough]] No 5 [[/strikethrough]] No 6 [[/encircled]] Course To land - - 15[[degree symbol]] [[encircled in red]] 1/2 Mile from Land SW Side R Bay, French Head ready to close in bearing [[encircled]] No. 5 [[/encircled]] 144[[degree symbol]] Parker's Bluff 143 Deep Raving 126 Top Inclined plane 82 Snow Bluff 338 C W Field Mt 320 Grinnell Mt. 260)[[guess]] ^[["Now Course Direction Mt[[guess]] 15[[degree symbol]] ]] [[/encircled in red]] [[line with loops]] [[strikethrough]] Course 15[[degree symbol]] [[/strikethrough]] On Making Land met with the Innuit Jack & Cooney going to the vessel to get Sql[[guess]] water & glasses for Blind Sterry - sent Letter No one to Capt. [[/column 2]]