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41st Day out 21st Enc. Same Cape as 7th Wednes Sept 18/61 AM N. Fresh Cloudy M " " [[dittos for Fresh Cloudy]] PM N. " " [[dittos for Fresh Cloudy]] Bearing of [[circumpunct]] [[?Marked]] Mt 95° of Ex. of Island of Obn [[circled]] A [[/circled]] 80 [[circled]] A [[/circled]] of Ex at Entrance Big Bay [[circled]] B [[/circled]] 318° [[circled]] B [[/circled]] [[image: sketch of coastline with following annotations]] A [[circled]] A [[/circled]] 9th Enc B [[circled]] B [[circled]] Big Bay 20 Enc Now all closed from view by thick snow storm! [[two lines drawn across page]] [[image: sketch of coastline with following annotations]] Bay Bays Extreme Ki-Ki-lute-ya A B E side W. side Lt Tong K K [[circled]] A [[/circled]] 314 Rt " [[ditto for Tong]] B 301 Point C Trend of Bay this side [[circled]] 315 [[/circled]] Imp[[??]] To Apparent Bottom of Bay over Ki 308 Exx alt point as it appears from my stand point of 19 Enc. 60°
Transcription Notes:
This page coincides with pp 424-425 of Hall's book " Arctic Researches, And Life Among The Esquimaux: Being A Narrative Of An Expedition In Search Of Sir John Franklin In The Years 1860, 1861."
Encampment 20: "Mary's Island is in lat. 63 �22' N., long. 67� 38' W."
"Kingaite" Eskimo name for "Meta Incognita" Unknown Limits" southern Baffin Island discovered and claimed by Martin Frobisher in 1577 for Queen Elizabeth I who named it.