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[[underlined]] Post [[/underlined]] Meridian Obs Ni-oun-te-lik Portion of place of Obn. 53-59-15 on the Coal of near 3 centuries! IV - 59-10 -56-15 V - 2-30 50-00 3-40 48-15 P.M. Obs VII-45-45 36-00 [[under & overlined]] 70[[degree symbol]] [[/under & overlined]] 47-10 35-45 48-35 35-30 68 1/2 53-48 [[sun symbol]] to Marks on Mt ^[[E. side ^[[entrance to]] little bay where Coal is]] 115[[degree symbol]] - 34[[feet symbol]] 55-40 34-15 [[Here Hall uses a symbol that looks like a |next to a circumpunct. I have transcribed as "|O" ]] 56-35 |O to sun 116-28 58-22 33-45 59-18 |O to same 117-00 VIII-01-22 33-11-30 Compass Bearing Said mark 187[[degree symbol]] Revised 08
Transcription Notes:
Relates to finding old coal possibly from an earlier exploration. See Hall's book page 426 "After landing upon Niountelik, and taking an observation of the sun at the spot where I had first discovered the coal."