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[[left margin]] 45th Day out 25th Enc. Ni-oun-te-lik[[guess]] in Countess of Warwick's Sound! [[/left margin]] [[in blue]] ( 12 [[?hour]] ) ( Sept 22 ) [[/in blue]] cross [[for Sunday]] Sept. 22d 1861 AM. N.W. Fresh Cloudy & Cold M. N.W. " " " [[dittos for: Fresh Cloudy & Cold]] P.M NW " [[ditto for: Fresh]] Fine " [[ditto for: & Cold]] Obs on Oo-mer-nung 24th Enc A.M. [[Image]] Shoreline at 60° angle, left to right, land right,water left with island offshore to left labeled Oo mer nung and an X. Above the island "Tn A 160", below the island "To B. 162" Two points further down the page marked "B 162" and "A 160." [[/image]] General trend of Oo-mer-nung N & S by C One mile long Islands Eviction 2 miles out 50° President's Seat 52° The Mt on Kin-g side that I took to be Pres. Seat [[?was]] [[?another]] The Mount K gate side 88° [[?]] [[Image]] Three small triangles; small,large, small. similar to the drawing several pages back. [[end of page]]
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"Our twenty-fourth encampment was made on an island called Oomer-nung, at the entrance of WiswcU's Inlet...." from 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 and 1862." "Niountelik" Island is mentioned on page 426 of halls book