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[[boxed]] 1861 July 19 Fri. [[/boxed]] h m s VIII-44-45 [[symbol: Sun]] ^[[R.L.]] to Grinnell Peak 75[[degree symbol]]-10[[feet symbol]] [[right margin vertical and boxed]] Grinnell Peak by Az. Compass [[strikethrough]] 161[[degree symbol]] 334.5[[degree symbol]] [[line]] (Reverse 154[[degree symbol]]) [[/right margin vertical and boxed]] VIII-47-15 63[[degree symbol]]-15[[feet symbol]] 49-33 62-45 { Alts Large Sex } 50-40 62-30 { -1[[feet symbol]] -23[[inch symbol]] I.E. } 51-43 62-15 53-50 62-00 VIII-54-35 [[symbol: Sun]] ^[[R.L. to]] Grinnell Peak 73[[degree symbol]]-00[[feet symbol]] Small Sex VIII-56-20 61[[degree symbol]] -15[[feet symbol]] (Large Sex -1[[feet symbol]] -23[[inch symbol]]) Compared Chros. on return aboard R's IX-38-59. bts G.H's IX-24-00 [[line]] Difference 14-29.5 [[checkmark]] m s. After I had picked up & packed my instruments, I took the glass & looked out seaward - saw to my surprise much pack ice where in the morning we had found clear water but greater was my astonishment when in the distance I saw approaching on the ice Gardner & some of his men. I called ^[[from the Island]] to Capt B. who was on board the ship - he has espied Gardner & the men at same time. A few minutes after getting aboard Gardner arrived. He reported that when within 5 miles [[end page]] [[start page]] [[boxed]] 1861 July 19 Fri. [[/boxed]] of the entrance to the channel leading down to Bear Sound he [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] came to solid ice that lined the whole coast on the S. side of the Bay after trying this way & that was obliged to cease further efforts & return. He left the Boat on a small Island North side entrance to Rescue Bay, two men remaining there for the night while he (G.) Bailey, Ebierbing & 2 others came up. This Morn as the Boat was launched, I thought how rejoiced [[strikethrough]] were [[/strikethrough]] would I be if under so firm auspices I had my craft which was brought from the States, ready with its proper appointments for departure to the point I intended making when I bid adieu to home! But it seems now a question yet to be determined whether we are able to get out of our present quarters the present year. Capt. B. stands it nobly, yet he feels
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