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[[image - two small sketches of double mound in cross section at top of page, with annotations. Left drawing, Ship trench nearest water. Right drawing, Ship trench near upper extreme]]
Found a trench, [[comma and open parenthesis in ink]] (dug by those who built the Schooner and Stone houses), [[/close parenthesis and comma in ink]] [[underlined in ink]] 100 paces [[/underlined in ink]] from the place where the trench for Schooner [[strikethrough]] is [[/strikethrough]] = 64 feet long 6 feet deep, the banks made by [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[stone]] thrown out making it 10 feet deep. This Toon-ung says the Innuits the 1st one says were for water fresh water to drink!
The Trench for Ship ^[[runs]] N.N.W (true) The Trench 11(eleven) paces long (88 feet) of stone can hardly be turned up but ^[[ [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] ]] which ^[[or tile]] brick in fine pieces are found
20 feet nearly from Bottom trench to top bank
To one bank to the other 45 feet
when dug 12 feet top

Transcription Notes:
See Hall's book, pages 436-7. "True" probably refers to true North as opposed to magnetic North.