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June 29th 1862 Obs made on board "George Henry"
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Meridional obs. Small Sextant on 28' off-34)= +6/2 = Index error +3
IV-42-10 100 degrees- 01'
44-20 04'
46-50 05'
49-00 06'
53-45 07'
49-44 08'
52-45 08'
57-25 08'
59-20 08'
V-57-20 07'
PM Obs
IX-23-10 61degrees -20'-00''
IX-29-32 59 -53-00
30-35 59 -37-00
32-40 59 -12-00
33-55 58 -54-30
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See p.33 Obs Book
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Compare Chros
R's IX-46-00
G.H. IX-20-01.5 = 3 h
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R from GH 25-58.5
m s
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PM obs. by Capt B with his Quadrant, GH's Chro & my Artificial Horizon:
hIX-m13-s10 57 degrees -42'
14- 03 28
14- 40 20
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3)27- 41- 53 -172 -30
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IX- 13- 57 2)57 -30
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4- 48- 49 28 -45 00"
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4- 25- 08 15-46
4- 20- 20 8
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GH's Chro [[? ?]]
G.T. m4-s48 29-00-54
1-43
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28-59-11
62-53-00 .34122
66-45-41 .03675
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2)152-37-52
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79-18-56 = 9.26811
28-59-07
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50-19-49 = 9.88634
2)19.53242
At 7 PM 4-45-42 ________
E[[?]] +3-07 9.76621
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4-48-49
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On sledge trip down & across Rescue Bay to Og-bier-seer-o-ping on Bay of Frobisher thence by boat with Innuit crew down on N. side Bay of Frobisher to the Point wh I called "S.E. ex." thence back & up the Coast to [[strikethrough]] Og [[/strikethrough]] Oo-pung-ne-wing. Ni-oun-te-lik, Kod-lu-narn & other places in Countess of Warwick's Sound.
[[underlined]] Start h1-m05 [[/underlined]] [Cannot see but a short distance around - dogs tired & foot sore - progress very slow] [[underlined]] Stop h1-10 [[/underlined]] (s15 [[underlined]] Start h1-m20 [[/underlined]] [2-05 Arrive Rescue Harbor on average speed (s15) Stop 2-40 (13) Average - Course from Rescue Harbor 165 Course from Ship to Rescue Harbor [[blank space and wavy line]] Now Course to outer Island ahead 132 [[degree symbol]] "Look-out" the N side (the Heights) bears 10 [[degree symbol]] Budington Mt 318 [[degree symbol]]
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1862
June
30
Mon
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Start 2-50 [aet h3 (s13) arrive [[?batsn]] Isd. Now Course to Cape by Tupiks of E & K 184°; [[underlined]] h3-m35 [[/underlined]] (s18)=(Average speed) arrive to Cape by Tupiks where I had 1st Enc. on 1st attempt to proceed to Bud. Bay & [[underlined]] Stop [[underlined]]/. Take dinner with Tuk-oo-li-too Ebierbing & Kood-loo gone with Ugrarng & John Bull with sledge to open water intending to make for duck Isd for eggs & ducks. My drawing information relative to important matters of old Oo-ki-jox-y ni-noo (See Journal)
Start VII-10 (s22) s18) s18) s16) s14)=VIII Stop VIII-8 (s15) Seals; Bearing tupiks just left 280°. Land pass toward Og-bier-seer-o-ping 100°; Bud Mt 311°; Sing-eye-yer Pt. where I had 1st & 5th Enc on trip to Bud 254°; Middle Parker's Bay 250°; French Head 82° [[underlined]] Start VIII-45 Stop VIII-52 [[/underlined]] (s15) [[underlined]] Start IX-00 [[/underlined]] (s15) s15) s15) s16) s15) (s15)= hX) s17) s16) s15) X-40 (s16)= [French Head about 3/4 mile dist. at my right brass 27° by Comp.] (s15) s12)= hXI) s14) [snowing] (s17) s18) XI-40 (s15) Arrive to commencement Land Pass (s15) s16)= XII (s15) s14) 14) Stop XII-35 (s15) [land] Now start on Course ^[[73° - - to 2d Point of Land W side Bay - 1st Point 68° [[strikethrough]] 68° [[/strikethrough]] The Course to this from Tupiks same as my last trip from said place (place tupiks) to wit 101° [a cold disagreeable storm of cold wind & melting snow] [[underlined]]] Start 13h 1-05 [[/underlined]] [last day of June & pounding gloved hands to get them warm!] Now about the spot to see, (if ^[[it was warm]] clear weather) "S.E. Ex." bet Isld mouth this Bay & Pt of main land on S. side entrance = 13h I-m10-15] 1-20 (s15)= By 2d Pt) (s17) s1) s12 s10) [[underlined]] Stop 14h 2-25 [[/underlined]] Average (s12) Bearing of Pt rounded (when I turned from Course 101°) 254°
Staart 14h 2-30 Bottom Bay 14h 2-,50 (s14) 2-57 (s15) Arrive to the shore of Bay of Frobisher.
3-45 Arrive tentsof G. Henry's Company
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