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1861 June 24 Mond.
I have taken a tramp to day performing great labor to little purpose. I was accompanied by youngest son of Kokerjobin ("Capatain") who has been with me on various tramps before. However he proved of more trouble to me this time than any service rendered.
The labor of which I write as 'great' was in travelling 15 miles to get to a point of land not more than 2 1/3 miles off, direct. The design I had was to visit one of the entrances - or rather one of the channels leading to the strait or channel connecting "Rescue Bay" & "Frobisher Bay". I have been beside the Western fork - & have returned.
To get to the point I desired I was obliged to first make for the head of the Bay we entered with the "Rescue" last Fall. This I done by walking through soft, wet snows that covered ice of Frobisher Bay & land in my courses. Arriving to the head of the Bay before indicated, I found on making for the high land there that to cross over S. East to the mountains beside the channel desired I would have to follow a circuitous ridge of stones just above the water's edge. I done so - then mounted mountain after mountain - crossed from the base of one to another through deep snows that gave easy reception to my whole body as oft as I pressed it. At last I was at the place sought - everywhere I went fossil stones in abundance - even to the very tops of the mountains. At Meridian dinner beside that channel giving to my young Innuit company a liberal share of it. The [[?fish]] of the [[?shrub]] [[space]] used by the Innuits. Meridian Altitude of snow by a little snow water puddle - its constant distortions & dancing of the [[circumpunct symbol: solar system]]
The sighting - the missing of my company - the call - no reply - the precipice near by - I alarmed - pack up traps & seek for him. with my "Marine" seek out his tracks - find he has deserted me & takes a wrong direction - obliged to leave my work undone to seek the wayward child - find him attempting to cross direct from Budington ville. Reprimand him & start on the proper course.
I here copy what I placed upon paper but only a portion [[strikethrough]] with direct [[/strikethrough]] can be used with
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1861 June 24 Mond.
any confidence.
On starting out (IX AM) course | 234°
Bearing of Flag staff (Budingtonville) | 54°
Paces 1 [[superscript]] 5 [[/superscript]] on course | 176°
Bearing of Flag staff | 40°
Paces 1 [[superscript]] 14 [[/superscript]] of " " [[dittos for: Flag staff]] (Course) | 180°
Centre of Island S.W. | 89°
Paces [[superscript]] 25 [[/superscript]] Course | 240
Paces 11 [[superscript]] 65 [[/superscript]] " [[ditto for: Course]] | 238
Distances by bearing below Course | 236
Bearing of land Peak A | 64
Paces 11 [[superscript]] 35 [[/superscript]] to determine above distance Course]] | 183
Bearing of said "A" (?) | 30
" " [[dittos for: Bearing of]] Flag staff | 47.5
55 Paces Course | 114
Meridian Altitude 101-12 126 } Dancing Horizon
" " [[ditto for: Meridian Altitude 101-16 122 } [[underlined]] (unreliable) [[/underlined]]
Horizon Sea, 50°-42' from a height I found uncertain - no use.
On Mt. entrance of Channel near "Bear Sound"
Outer East land seen of Meta Incognita | 90°
Flag staff of Budington ville | 1°
Sharp pick [[?rut]] N. of plain [[strikethrough]] 296 [[/strikethrough]] leading from Budingtonville to Bay entered last fall Rescue | 296
General direction from one end bay to the other seaward | 254
Snow peak entrance said Bay from Rescue Bay | 258
Utmost limit seen N of Tupton Straits | 193°
This nearly general trend of Western strait - on opposite side - narrow strip of low land running same direction width of strait one mile. Outer Island middle entrance 56°
On [[?]] of land head of Bay entered last fall with Rescue looking toward Budingtonville
Bearing entrance said Bay 244° - Pick Mt 292°
