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Thursday July 18th 1861 A.M. 36°- 28.55 N. Light Cloudy M. 48°- 28.575 N.N.E. Fresh Sun but Cloudy P.M. 44° 28.425 E. Almost Calm Fair The gale broke sometime in the night. (No 1) Compare Chros. Rescue's h3-m36-52 2/ Beats G.H. 3-22-00 Difference = m14-s26 [[checkmark]] Then proceeded to "Whale Island" for Meridional Obs. =hIV-m36-40 = 95°-39' Alt 118 for Va B. =IV-41-20 = 95° 42' Alt. IV-47-20 L.L. [[symbol: Sun]] to peak Mt Budington 115°-10' IX-50-30 L.L. [[symbol: Sun]] " " " " [[dittos for: to peak Mt Budington]] 115°-46' =IV-54-00 95°-42'30" Alt. = See Supplement (worked up) Mt. Budington bore 253 by Comp. Distance Whale Island (peak) from vessel 13.6 1/3 lengths of tape line x 66 feet = 900 feet [[end page]] [[start page]] (A) Supplement July 18-61 Marking of Meridional Obs. for Lat. R Chronometer | Alts. of [[symbol: Sun]] hIV-m36-s40 | 95°-39'-00" (Alts. by small (Pack) Sex.) IV-41-20 | 95-42-00 (No Index Error) IV-54-00 | 95-42-30 - | 3) 287-03-30 - | 2) 95-41-10 - | 47-50-35 - | 15.53 - | 48-06-28 - | Refraction 51 - | 48-05-37 - | Correction +1-09 - | At Ap Noon [[symbol: Sun]]'s Time Alt. 48-06-46 - | 90-00-00 - | 41-53-14 - | 20-58-30 - | Lat. N. = 62°-51'-44" Decln 21°-00'-27.1" 1-56.87 20-58-30.23 m h 26.97 4 1/3 10788 899 69) 11687 [[?]] 60' 56" 15'-46.5" [[symbol: Sun]] S.D. 6 Px 15-52.5 h m s | h m s | h m s | 4-46-12 | 4-46-12 | 4-46-12 | = The h4-m46-s12 is obtained top page 2d of this day's record [[underlined]] Vide. [[/underlined]] 4 36-40 | 4-41-20 | 4-50-00 | 9-32 | 4-52 | 7-48 A | B | C | A 90.9" B 15.0 C 60.8 3) 116.7 55.57 x 1.25 27785 11114 5557 60) 69.4625 69 9