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[[left margin in blue]] 1861: Oct: 10: [[/left margin in blue]] [[image - vertical annotated sketch of shoreline, land right (top of page), water left (bottom of page). By a shallow indentation the noted 'Pass'. Below that by a deep harbor (similar to sketch on page 178) labeled 'Harbor by 3d Enc'. The letter 'C' in the inlet to the harbor; the letter 'A' on a promontory. Below the prom land labeled 'French Head'. Farther along the coast the encircled letter 'B' by the label 'Parker's H'.]] [[right margin boxed]] Compare Chron on return to Vessel - day including Oct 11th Fri h Re 6 - 03 - 30 (2 G.H's 5 - 46 - 00[[guess]] [[line]] 17 - 15 [[checkmark]] { Chro not taken out - Left { aboard the vessel [[/right margin boxed]]
Transcription Notes:
Tried to transcribe as seen the comparison of the "Re" [Rescue] Chronometer (the one usually carried by Hall) with the Chronometer on board the "G.H's" [George Henry's]. Explorers and mariners rely on chronometers set to Greenwich time to calculate longitude.