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(4 1861 Aug 16 Fri. Obs continued from Top Breakfast Isds h2-m40-00 [[symbol: Sun]] to Remarkable Peak Kin-gaite side = 102°-13' 42-05 70°-45' (3) 43-55 [[symbol: Sun]] to same R. Peak 101°-12' 45-07 71°-12' Azimuth Compass bearing said Peak 58° Reversed = 238 By Sex = Remarkable Peak to President's Seat (Sex) 52°-45' Bluff by 2d Encampment (Sharko) to President's Seat 78°-08' Isd ([[symbol: Sun]] Marked) out in Bay to Remarkable Peak (Sex) 87°-39' Start from Breakfast Island h3-m45 (Chro) [[image: drawing of hand with index finger pointing to text]] [[underlined]] X7[[?]] = 25 [[/underlined]] feet (oars) [[note]] Hall N.Y. April 8th/64 X [[symbol: Integral]] [[underlined]] s7 = 25 [[/underlined]] feet (oars) (that is the speed of Boat was 25 feet in 7 seconds the propelling power [[underlined]] oars [[/underlined]]) By this it appears my log line was then only 25 feet length [[/note]] I now copy pencil memorandum of Meridn Obs. for Lat. taken near hV. by Chro Merid. Obs 40°-25'(Chro near hV) Sea horizon 3/4 mile off (limited by an Island) 3 1/2 feet above sea I now copy from the piece of Board of parallelogram figure 2 3/4 inches x 3 3/4 inches 1/4 in. thick picked up South Sea near where I took Obs for Meridn on which I made memoranda for want of paper at the time. [[end page]] [[start page]] (5 1861 Aug 16 Fri 1) (1st side Ter. 1st Bay hV-m35 hV-m35 Breeze s5 V-40 Arrive to mouth Bay with commencement B. s4 Bay 3 miles deep From termination of other Bay to the coast even Frobisher Bay now grows much wider & limitless ahead Bay as seen 4 miles deep tho' at the N. part narrow 2) (Opposite side) To 1/4 mile extent far up flanked by by steep mountains VII-00 - s6 } Deep, black water no shoals or Islands in it VII-06 - s7 } VII-20 - s6 } VII-35 - s6 } [[note]] So many seconds every 25 feet progress H [[/note]] VII-50 Reach opposite side & stop. (6 1861 Aug 16th Fri. On the highest point (on Cape) N. side (by Compass) of entrance to Bay P.M. Obs. Index error -1'-30" hVIII-m40-s17 | 53°-00' 41-32 | 52-45