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[[left margin in blue]] 1861 Sept: 27: [[/left margin in blue]] [[left margin]] Stop 2 - 30 [[encircled]] 7 [[/encircled]] [[/left margin]] At entrance to Rescue Bay Lt Side [[left margin]] Start 2 - 52 [[/left margin]] Point of Land sighted from 27 Enc 76[[degree symbol]] Center of Ping[[guess]] Island 78 1/2 Point that can see Lt Isd to F. Bay not over 1/4 degree wish 81[[degree symbol]] Lt. Tang Ob Id. not seen on a/c Bluff by 27th Enc 75 1/2 Rt Tang Isd midst[[guess]] strait below Ping Isd. 82 Lt Tang 94[[degree symbol]] Rt Tang S G Isd 197 Lt " " " " [[dittos for: Tang S G Isd]] 213 Rt Tang Small Isd S 194 Ex on beging[[guess]] of Main Land other side Channell 190 Middle Peak of 3 Mts 183 To point on other side wh it begins to bend in 106 [[left margin]] This ^[[Ex]] land } sighted } is close } by } last enc } but on } last } I[[?]] } [[/left margin]] = To a Bluff seen over S. G. Isd. 207 = Mark in [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] in said land - 206 To Peak this Mt by [[?]] 354 To Ex Point 1/20 mile ahead 245 Th[[guess]] "Chimney" Bottom the "bend in" 254[[degree symbol]]
Transcription Notes:
"S. G. Isd" probably Sylvia Grinnell Island.
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