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^[[6]] 1861 July 12th Fri. 4 times at small rope-yarn suspended at Said yard arm. First shot hit it - 2nd shot cut it in two the weight upon it pendant, dropping down - 3rd shot hit remaining piece rope yarn, 4th shot cut it in two again! A 5 cent piece is a big mark compared to the ones I have endeavored to describe. The sun after going behind the mountains on setting, painted the clouds in beautiful red - making a picture worth enjoying. 9 pages in this day's Record 1 page blank highest No. = 10 (1) Saturday July 13th 1861 A.M. 40° - 28.675 Calm Fine Morn. M. 48° W. Fresh Fine P.M. 43° 28.600 S.W. Strong Thick, damp (cloudy) Capt. B. thinks of starting off & boat's crew to-morrow morn sending [[strikethrough]] them [[/strikethrough]] it with Boat over the ice some 5 miles to open water - thence to proceede down Lupton Channel to Frobisher Bay - Budingtonville - there to turn in with the Company now there in whaling.