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(14 1861 Aug 31 Sat 14th Enc. 23d Day Out Fog to the Eastward & Southward of us, it is down to the water closing all views in the distance. A little later & all around closed from view except the Coast at our left. Now hXI-m30 - Even with the light land I saw when at 12th Enc. It is a long, straight, high bank of sand & shingle, 35 to 40 feet high - the top covered with a grassy slope extruding back to the mts. 1/2 to 3/4 mile long, steepness of bank 45 degrees. I do not recollect seeing anything like before in the North. Another seal shot at by Koo-per-neu-ung but missed. hXI-m47 Chro h6-m47 P.M. stop at 14th Encampment! on the coast Kin-gaite by the shingle Rock & Sand Bank! 13th Enc Start from hVI-m44 Chro 55 [[circled]] 6 [[/circled]] VII-05 [[circled]] 6 [[/circled]] 10 [[circled]] 5 [[/circled]] Stop VII-18 [[circled]] 6 [[/circled]] At Island Start from Island X-25 Chro X-30 / [[circled]] 6 [[/circled]] 40 / [[circled]] 7 [[/circled]] 45 / [[circled]] 6 [[/circled]] 50 / [[circled]] 5 [[/circled]] 55 / [[circled]] 5 [[/circled]] Stop XI-00 / [[circled]] 6 [[/circled]] Start hXI-m07 Chro 20 / [[circled]] 5 1/2 [[/circled]] 30 / [[circled]] 5 [[/circled]] Stop 14th Enc XI-47 [[circled]] 6 [[/circled]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[note]] 20 Pages in this Day's record [[/note]] 15th Encampment S.W. Side & Extreme Head Frobisher Bay! [[symbol: Cross]] + Sept 1st 1861 AM S.E. Light - Heavy, thick, Fog - weather M S.E. " " " " " [[dittos for: Light - Heavy, thick, Fog - weather]] P.M. S.E. Light - Mist - prospect of rain. Wind at VIII PM changed to N.W. A day of trials & Discovery! At last I am where I have long desired to be. [[underlined]] From my own vision, "Frobisher Strait" is a myth [[/underlined]] - it only exists in the minds of the Civilized World - [[underlined]] not in fact! [[/underlined]] To me I find this side still more interesting than the other. Here at the extreme and more extensive - far more extended plains of grassy land &c &c wh. I will yet describe. I must here stop short a moment. *Koo-jes-se this moment - XI-30 Chro (6-30 PM) passed to my hands what I think will prove to be rare geological specimens - [[underlined]] Fossils! [[/underlined]] I shall attempt no description here but shall carefully note the circumstances before I get through to-day's journal. I am sitting out
