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Saturday Nov 30th 1861

29.475  AM  -3°  0.  c.v.
29.425  M  -3°  2  c v
29.425  PM  -7°  1  [[underlined]] Fine [[/underlined]] (Aurora)

This morning on going up on deck, found heavens clouded over, the air calm & to my feelings of very moderate temperature.  On looking at the thermometer saw that it was three degrees below zero.  I would have guessed before looking at Thermometer that it stood at +20°.
Took a walk over to Fresh water Pond this Morning.  Called in at new Igloo of Ebierbing - found Tuk-oo-li-too & Koo-ou-le-arny there the former engaged in punching little holes through the walls of the Igloo wh run up rounding over dome like for running little strings down by wh. to suspend a lining of seal skin a modern improvement in snow huts wh. frees the occupants from the annoyance of dripping from the dome when they have their ik-ku-mers in full flame cooking seal &c.  From thence I proceeded to an eminence beyond fresh water pond & took following sights

Left Tangent of Whale Island carried to centre mast of ship (Sex) = 45°-30'
Bearing Main Mast of Ship ---- 243°
Look-Out Island Az Compass  185°
Gero T. Jones Tower  142°
Ex of Extreme Land  168°

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1861 Nov 30 Sat

Budington Mt.  214°

Then I directed steps to ship going 55 paces passed it
Whole No paces [[4 vertical lines]] 60 x 4 = 1840 x 2.4 = 4416 feet total
On Course  243° + 62 = 305 True or N. = 55° E
Then carried Lt Tang Whale Island to point beyond Fresh water pond to Centre on Main Mast of Ship  121°-48'
Bearing of said point of Whale Isd (Az. C.) = 184°

[[image: drawing of triangle shape showing distances between three points, A,B,C. Distance A to B shown to
be .70 N.M. meaning Nautical Miles, also 4414 feet; distance B to C shown as 2.35 N Miles or 143232 feet; 
distance C to A as 2.8 N Miles or 170688 feet; triangle labeled Whale Island by Rescue Harbor]]
As B.C.A  12°-42' Sine 9.38212
Is to B.A. 460 Paces Log 2.66276
So is A.B.C 121-48 Sine 9.92936
                         [[line]]
to A.C.                      12.59212
1778                          934212
Paces                        [[line]]
     4                 Log.  3..25000
 [[line]]
7112
   24
[[line]]
   448
14224
[[line]]
0088)170688(2.8 N Miles A to C 
     12172
[[line]]
      48968
      48688
      [[line]]
      380 

Ship to Whale Island by Rescue Harbor
2,3 Nautical Miles (or exact 2, 35/100)

S 68 E
From Ship to Left Tong Whale Isd Azc. 186° on E.2.2 S) [[??]]

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From Ship to Whale Island (Lt. Tong.) E.22°.S. (Time) 
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As B.C.A 12°-42' sine 9.34212
Is to B A 460 Paces Log 2.68276
So is BCA 45°-30' sine 9.85324
                      [[line]]
                      12,51600
                       9.34212
                      [[line]]
To B.C. Paces 1492   Log 3.17388
                 4
              [[line]]
              5968
                24
              [[line]]
              23872
              1936
              [[line]]
           6080)143232(2,3.5 Nl Miles from B. to C.
                12172
                [[line]]
                 21512
                 18258
                [[line]]
                   3254