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[[boxed]] 1862 July Th[[?]] [[/boxed]] [[right margin encircled]] 2 [[/right margin encircled]] Bearing of Ne-pun-e-tie & sup-bing from Res-yer-vain 212[[degree symbol]] Bearing of ship's trench 324[[degree symbol]]; Distance 5 x 66 +37 feet (367 feet total). The Reservoir not to be seen quite at ship's trench & vice versa owing to a slight rise just at head ship's trench. At Ruins of House on top hill, Center Island. Bearing of Water Trench (Reservoir) Crater 228[[degree symbol]] Ship's trench though not in sight from rise in Island at head of trench (Ship's Trench) 290: Kus-se-geer-ark-ju-a Point wh. is right side [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] of the grass plain 352[[degree symbol]]. The nearly Fine weather Kin-gaite still enveloped in fog. Distance from centre stone House to water's edge of Reservoir 3 x 66 + 13 = 261 feet. Dimensions foundation Stone House on Center Kod-lu-narn Isd. Shape as appears after examination & excavation oval shape - longest diameter from outside to outside walls 20 feet. Foundation from 3 to 3 1/2 feet wide. Stones laid in good white lime cement - the cement exposed to air hard as rock - that under ground friable - have dug down 2 feet & not found bottom of foundation. Floors of stone & laid in lime cement. Width outside to outside 17 feet shortest diam. The view from this spot of an extensive & interesting character. No approach can be made to that Island but what a view can be had standing where those ruins are. The Islands Oo-pung-ne-wing, Ni-oun-te-lik - the Cape Twer-tuk-ju-a, Low Land Pass E-tin-nap-ping &c. - Sea-ward bet. 3.E and O. & point Sharko. Distance bet. ship's trench (head of it) & House Center Island 6 x 66 feet + 50 feet = 446 feet. Land around Countess of Warwick's Sound as seen from this spot ruins House on Center Kod-lee-narn Oo-pung-ne-wing thus [[image - two drawings, side views of two separate islands with pass between labelled Oo-pung-ne-wing (left); and Ni-oun-te-lik, right.]] [[image - below the above images there is a drawing, side view of a stretch of hilly or mountainous land: the first rise is labeled with an encircled A, Twer-pukju-[[?]] a[[guess]]; the valley between A and that labeled [[encircled]] C [[/encircled]] is labeled with an encircled B and E-tin-puk-ping; the next higher hill is labeled encircled C Puk[[guess]] Chn; and low foreground labeled [[encircled]] D [[/encircled]] Grass Plain. The labels are partly overwritten on top of the image.]] [[image - to left half of page is a drawing of the side view of high table-land (mesa), tapering off to the right into lower mountains. Label at top of drawing 'Table land S By where Coal is.']] } Grassy slopes on Mtn side } from Twer-puk-ju-a } round to Tik-koon [[strikethrough]] point [[/strikethrough]] } ridge. Ship's trench 65 + 45 = 110 feet length of excavated part. Depth of solid rock at Bluff 13 feet but the trench was originally considerably deeper - rocks have tumbled in from the banks that were thrown out of the excavated material. Width across bottom at opening to sea water 20 feet. Width across top excavated rocks part 30 feet. Middle on apex of Banks one to the other 60 feet - from out edge of one bank to out edge of the other 87 feet. The cut or trend of trench 320[[degree symbol]] x 180. This bearing taken down center lengthwise. From ship's trench the only view Ne-pou-ne-tie-sup-bing, Ridge Tik-Koon, Harbor of F[[?]], Kus-se-geer- [[end page]] [[start page]] [[boxed]] 1862 July 7th Thurs. [[/boxed]] E-tu-nik-ping, T[[?]]n-puk-ju-a past of Ni-om-te-lik[[guess]] the high land wh. is of table character ^[[from]] behind Sh[[?]] wh is back Ne-pun-e-tu-sup-bing. Dif of the Stone or Strata where Ship's reside[[guess]]. E. [[?]] W. by The tranch cut in line with Strata [[image]] h m Start IV - 30 Chro (XI - 30 Ac[[?]]) from ship's trench close by wh has been my 3 day of encampment. IV - 42 round Tik-Koo Pt. 3 ms. per h. IV - 47 Arrive Ne-h[[?]]-3-tie-sup-bing (3 per h). Depth measured at some 12 feet - it another 25 feet front of Cliffs about 60 to 75 feet perpindicular height best of [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] height to late very abrupt - While height best 100 feet - the fall of cliff 200 to 250 feet along the water (that is wide) [[underlined]] Start V - 00 [[/underlined]] for Ak-ke-le[[?]]-zhun Ned-lu-young the name Point Rt hand side as we turn into Bay leading to Rescue Bay. Too-nook-tung the Innuit name of the Bay or name extends up N Westerly - Stop V - 30 ( 2 1/2 Ms from h) Ook-gook in sight occasionally - Miner on the look - out for it. fires but misses. Start V - 40 Stop V - 43 Seal! Start under sail a mile an hour or so - V - 50 then comes pull[[guess]] - wind gone - No keeping D. R. now[[guess]] read[[guess]] I try[[guess]] Miner has sure (6 - 30_ shot 4 times since leaving Kook-lee-n[[?]] at Ook-gook & smaller Seals - Not killed one yet. VII - 30 Arrive Cap Ak-Ke-lu-zhun. [[strikethrough]] P.M. Obs. [[/strikethrough]] Find cannot proceede up the Bay with rest as this [[strikethrough]] Boat [[/strikethrough]] Bay is filled with ice - the old ice still firm. P.M. obs. on W Cape Ak-ke--he-zhun [[to right in blue]] ^[[Index Error off 33[[symbol]] on 31 [[line]] 2) 2[[symbol]] [[line]] + 1[[symbol]] Vide orig Note Book } = No 19 h 48 }]] [[/to right in blue]] [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] VIII - 54 - 23 65[[degree symbol]] 17[[symbol]] [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] 55 - 45 64 - 59 [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] 56 - 47 64 - 46 [[blue line]] [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] VIII - 59 - 40 [[symbol]] to High Land, the tin. of the land ^[[but this & commencement of Sharkey]] 80[[degree symbol]] - 53 [[symbol]] [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] IX - 00 - 35 [[symbol]] " " " " [[dittos for: to High Land, the tin. of the land ^[[but this & commencement of Sharkey]] 80 - 59 [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] IX - 01 - 40 [[symbol]] - - - - 81 - 11 Bearing 128[[degree symbol]] R 308[[degree symbol]] 1/2 Height of [[symbol]] Mark above my level 3[[degree symbol]] [[line across page]] [[left margin vertical in blue]] [[underlined]] Vide [[/underlined]] P.P 40 & 41 ^[[strikethrough]] 42 [[/strikethrough]] & 42 - 43 &]] Observation Book [[/left margin vertical in blue]] [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] IX - 03 - 05 ^[[63[[degree symbol]] ]] [[strikethrough]] 61[[degree symbol]] [[/strikethrough]] - 23[[symbol]] [[blue line]] [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] 07 - 25 [[symbol]] to ^[[R to]] Center Kod-li-num 61[[degree symbol]] - 23[[symbol]] [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] 9 - 28 61 - 57 [[blue]] ^[[Compass bearing K. [[underlined]] 349[[degree symbol]] [[/underlined]] = [[underlined]] Vide [[/underlined]] next page]] [[/blue]] line [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] X - 27 - 24 44[[degree symbol]] - 18[[symbol]] [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] 28 - 57 43 - 57 [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] 30 - 16 43 - 38 [[blue line]] [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] 32 - 00 [[symbol]] to Left to Same Mt. is 1st this PM 100[[degree symbol]] - 10[[symbol]] [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] 33 - 45 [[symbol]] 42 [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] 34 - 40 [[symbol]] 55 [[blue line]] [[blue]] ( [[/blue]] 36 - 00 42[[degree symbol]] - 20[[?]]
Transcription Notes:
Twer-tuk-ju-a = Sarah's Cape.
