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(6 [[boxed]] 1861 Sep 5 Thurs [[/boxed]] [[boxed]] 15th Enc. 5th Day [[line]] 28 Day out [[/boxed]] Obscure [[symbol: sun]] very cloudy. Index Er 1' -30" h s VII-49-45 49° - 45' 51-15 [[in blue vertical, with line above and below]] See p 127 & 129 Obsv B K [[/in blue vertical, with line above and below]] 30 52-38 15 [[in blue]] [[line]] [[line]] 3) 153 38 3) 90 [[line]] [[line]] VII-51-12,67 49° - 30' [[/in blue]] XIII - [[in blue vertical]] See 129 Obs Book [[/in blue vertical]] 05-35 [[sun symbol]] to small [[in blue]] x [[/in blue]] Peak } = [[underlined in blue]] 83° -22' [[/underlined in blue]] that was in Course } from 14 enc } As. Compass Bearing Said low Head Peak - - - 152° [[blue checkmark]] (Reversed Needle) - 333 1/s° [[?]] So Cloudy cannot proceed with [[sun symbol]] Obs. [[in blue]] A) [[/in blue]] VIII 31-08 42° - 20' - 45" [[in blue]] B) [[/in blue]] 36-10 41-24-15 [[in blue]] C) [[/in blue]] 38-00 41-02-30 [[strikethrough in blue]] D) [[/strikethrough in blue]] [[in blue vertical]] See p p 124 & [[strikethrough]] 125 [[/strikethrough]] obsn Book [[/in blue vertical]] 39-45 [[sun symbol]] to same [[in blue]] (x above) [[/in blue]] 91° - 15' [[right margin vertical in blue]] See p128 obv B. [[/right margin vertical in blue]] [[in blue]] [[line]] [[line]] [[/in blue]] [[in blue]] D) 42-15' 40 -13' 00" [[end page]] [[start page]] (7 [[boxed]] 1861 Sept 5th Thurs 15th Enc. 5 D 28 D out [[/boxed]] 180 Paces Course 310[[degree symbol]] [[blue checkmark]] The left side [[underlined in blue]] Great Gate Way [[/underlined in blue]] 330 [[blue checkmark]] The Falls in same direction = 330 [[blue checkmark]] R.T. [[underlined in blue]] Remarkable Sand Bank [[in blue]] ^[[(Fossil Mt.)]] [[/in blue]] [[/underlined in blue]] 61° [[blue checkmark]] L.T. " " " [[dittos for: [[underlined]] Remarkable Sand Bank (Fossil Mt.)]] 105 [[blue checkmark]] Distance [[underlined in blue]] of said Sand bank [[/underlined in blue]] from Tupiks on 15th Enc 2 Miles Little Peak [[symbol: circumpunct]] Marked 152° [[blue checkmark]] [[right margin vertical in blue]] See pp 130-131-132-133 Obsn Book [[/right margin vertical in blue]] Extreme head of Bay (F. Bay) a[[in blue]] t [[/in blue]] high water easterly of this toward the land that marker out into the Bay on the extreme of wh. I landed & took obn for Lat. day of leaving 12th Enc. - 216° [[blue checkmark]] [[boxed in blue]] [[underlined in blue]] Great Gate Way [[/underlined in blue]] [[in blue]] -, Kingsgaite tide - carried to R. Tangent of [[underlined in blue]] Remarkable sand Mt [[in blue]] ^[[(Fossil Mt.)]] [[/in blue]] [[/underlined in blue]] 79[[degree symbol]] -38' [[blue checkmark]] R. Tangent " " " [[dittos for: [[underlined in blue]] Remarkable sand Mt [[in blue]] ^[[(Fossil Mt.)]] [[/in blue]] [[/underlined in blue]] ]] [[in blue vertical]] These 2 obs really taken Sept. 6th/61 H. Oct 27/63 [[/in blue vertical]] to Little Peak [[symbol: circumpunct]] Marked 104° -25' [[blue checkmark]] [[in blue]] By referring to original pencil note Book p55 No 7 I find the above 2 sextant angles were taken 30/10 of a mile 58°-30' E of the preceding obs. H. Oct. 27/63 [[/boxed in blue]] The difficulty of making such Obs. as today has [[blue checkmark]] been great. When I used the [[symbol: circumpunct]] it was only now [[blue checkmark]] & then that I could catch it. But greatest [[blue checkmark]] difficulty has been my continued sickness &
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