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[[boxed]] 1862 July 15 Tues. [[/boxed]] Ma-lek-en-tuk-bing (Frobisher Harbor Puk-Chan-ung. (An-e-uke nu-na this side) E-tin-nâk-ping. Ned-lu-young the name of Bay the other side Tik-koon. Ak-ke-le-zhun Bay where Coal is - An-e-uke-nu-nu below it toward Sharko Kok-ke un Kok-gi[the 'g hard] This an imp. day - found fragments of glass bottle (old) of Southern joy & various other relics. The finding iron part on S.E. Side of Isd - dig at the stone House on the hill - black 'mittens'. Ship & Ship's trench. Four Seals killed to-day. Wednesday July 16th 1862 Survey of Island Kod-lu-narn Commencing at E. [[strikethrough]] side [[/strikethrough]] bank of ship's trench & starting Easterly facing backwards as I make draught Course ^[[Rt 30]] 210[[symbol]] distance 5 x 66 ^[[feet]] [ 2d station Ne-pou-e ^[[R 334]] 154 2 x 66 [ tu-sup-bing brass 204[[symbol]] [[image - shoreline left, water right; 'U' shaped indentation jutting in to left labeled Ship's trench, rubble around bottom side of trench; jagged shoreline making rough quarter circle down from trench & to left; straight jagged line down from trench just inside shoreline (like a route or course): first segment SSE labeled 210; inflection point labeled encircled 1st S[[guess]], and encircled 5; next segment SSW labeled encircled 2d S, and '2'; next segment SW, and end point of course is labeled encircled 3ds]] Course from 2d to 3d station 130[[symbol]]; Dist [[strikethrough]] 66 3x [[/strikethrough]] ^[[66]] 3 + 50 3d to 4th [[?]] 67[[symbol]] ^[[66]] 2 x + 20 4th station where I & party landed last fall - where I found Coal &c yesterday. From 4th to 5th station Course 96[[symbol]] [[image - jagged coastline land left, water right, angling off to SE with a peninsula labeled 'A' at its base and 'B' at its tip; a straight line angles down SE with beginning point labeled 3ds, and at the point where peninsula begins S.4th]] [[encircled]] A [[/encircled]] is ^[[66]] 1 + 50 out from base line Distance from 4th Station to B (66 2) width 5 my paces. On this found Iron rust - fragments of bottle - Stones of circles of Innuits - to 5 station [[strikethrough]] [[?]] 90 [[/strikethrough]] [[image - diagonal line running SSE: beginning point is labeled 4th St. and termination labeled 5th St.]] ^[[66]] 10 = Distance - I recommence adopting another plan of Survey [[end page]] [[start page]] [[boxed]] 1862 July 16 Wed [[/boxed]] Charting the survey as I proceed -Recommence Survey of Island Kod-lu-narn by offsets. Scale of Chart 100 feet to 1 inch - the inch divided into 100 equal parts - Commencing E. bank of Ship's Trench & starting Easterly - starting point 25 feet from Bluff (E bank) of ship's trench. No. 1 station to be the starting point. Ne-pou-e-tie-sup-bing being the 1st Course wh. bears 205[[symbol]]; 2d [[symbol]] Mark by S Side entrance to the Bay where Coal is (Ak-ke-lu-zhun) bras 156[[symbol]]; Rt Tang of an Islet 248 Lt " " " " [[dittos for: Tang of an Islet]] 256 [[image - side view of a steep bluff rising out of water; left side labeled 256, and right side 248]] This Islet bet. Kod-lu-narn & Tik-koon [The measures from Nos. taken at right angle with Course unless otherwise stated] Station [[encircled]] A [[/encircled]] to station [[encircled]] B [[/encircled]] Course 205[[symbol]] Distance 8 Measures (50 feet to a Measure) each Measure reckoned or called in following order No 1 Measure No2 M; [[strikethrough]] M [[/strikethrough]] No 3 No4 M &c. From station A to No 3 Measure Course along the Coast. At No 3 Coast begins to bend out. Distance from N.4 Measure to edge [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] bluff ^[[feet]] 15; From no 5 ^[[feet]]65; From No 5 1/2 ^[[feet]]65 From No. 6 ^[[feet]]62; No 7 28[[symbol]]; No 8 to the very edge Station encircled B to Station encircled C Course 135[[symbol]] Distance 6 Measures (of 50 feet Ea) Distance to edge Bluff (Isd) Course 135 ( ^[[?vu]] + 62 = ^[[True[[guess]] ]] 197[[symbol]] [[dashed line across page]] [[column]] [[headings]] From No. feet [[/headings]] 1/2 = 10 1 = 30 1 1/2 = 12 2 = 22 " [[ditto for: 2]] 1/2 = 17 3 = 8 1/2 = 9 4 = 25 1/2 = 30 5 = 14 1/2 = 24 6 = 29 [[/column]] [[text to right of table]] Station [[encircled]] C [[/encircled]] to Station [[encircled]] D [[/encircled]] Sight from Station [[encircled]] C [[/encircled]] Course 80[[symbol]] (Xa +62 = True 142) Rt Tang. of Islet sighted at Distance 7 Measures (50 feet Ea) Station one by Ship's Channel 274[[symbol]] Distance of Bluff (edge of Isl here[[guess]] from Station [[encircled]] C [[/encircled]] 40 feet [[encircled]] C [[/encircled]] Lt. Tang. 283 Ne-pou-e-tie-sup-bing 212[[symbol]] Point of Tik-koon 195[[symbol]] [[column]] [[headings]] No [[?]] feet [[/headings]] 1/2 = = = 25 1 - - - 14 " [[ditto for: 1]] 1/2 - 12 2 6 " [[ditto for: 2]] 1/2 0 3 5 " [[ditto for: 3]] 1/2 8 4 97 " [[ditto for: 4]] 1/2 109 [[/column]] [[vertical line to end of page]] [[column]] [[headings]] No. M feet [[/headings]] 5 120 " [[ditto for: 5]] 1/2 45 6 45 " [[ditto for: 6]] 1/2 40 7 70 [[/column]]
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Edited: per instructions, added text denoted by ditto marks, added spaces between struck entries, removed end of page from 2nd page, corrected and verified some text, remove symbol marks and replaced with text, etc.
For definition of Ne-pou-e-tie-sup-bing, the Bluff referred to, see page 480 of Hall's book; literally "To set up masts."
