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1862 July 19 Sat Meridional Obs at Sharko Enc before starting IV - 45 - 38 - 95°-40' 00" [[In this line and the table below the numbers on the left represent time (hour, minutes, seconds); and the numbers on the right represent bearing readings (degrees, minutes, seconds)]] [[strikethrough]]48-30 95 41 [[/strikethrough]] 00 A-- 51-20-- --95-45 00 B-- 52-50-- --45-30 55-00-- --46-30 57-00-- --46-30 59-20-- --46-00 V--02 20 46-00 ! [[/encircled ?]] 04 00 45-00 [[strikethrough]]5-55[[/strikethrough]] D- 7-25 44-30 } E. 9-15 44-00 } V- 12-00 41-00 } [[notation in right margin]] Index Error Off 35-30 On 30-30 _____ 2) 4-00 ____ +2-00 [[strikethough note in left margin]] Index error +1'-48" [[/strikethough note in left margin]] [[/notation in right margin]] [[vertical note in left margin in blue ink]] Lat. deduced from A B C D & E 62°-40'-32" Vide Obsn Book p 86 [[/vertical note in left margin in blue ink]] [entries across full page]] V-15-00 [[sun symbol]]| [[for Tangent?]] to R to mark close by [[?last. ?]] & E side [[?Shunken]] Bay 100°-00 16-20 [[sun symbol]]| [[for Tangent?]] " " " " " " " " " " " " 99-40 07-20 [[sun symbol]]| [[for Tangent?]] " " " " " " " " " " " " 99-28 [[blue ink]] _______ _______ V-16-13 1/2 (Bearing [[sun symbol]] mark 7°-30') 99-42-40 [[/blue ink]] V-19-05 95°-30' 20-30 - - 29 24-55 - - 23 [[blue ink]] _________________ V-21-30 95 -27- 20 [[/blue ink]] [[Sun symbol]] Mark of to-day to Rt. to Main one of yesterday or rather day before 59°-04 [[?Faithe, H & C Mark to Lt to Main [[sun symbol]] Mark Made at [[strikethrough]] Ek [[/strikethrough]] Ak-ke-lu-zhan 113°One monument to the other (Sex. Angle) 44°-23' - [[underlined]] Bearing of [[sun symbol] Mark just made [[strikethrough]] ?71 [[/strikethrough]] 7° 1/2 (seven & 1/2) [[/underlined]] [V-40-55 94°-35'] _____________________________________________________________________ [V-50-07 94°-00 ][[vertical note left margin red ink]] See Obsn Book p 87 [[/vertical note left margin red ink]] 1st Cape below high land the Course now 140° [[strikethrough]] Index Error [[/strikethrough Start VI-05 for Og-bier-seer-o-ping under sail, Light breeze NW Kin-gaite now for 1st time for a long time to be seen. A kind of smoke atmosphere has prevailed for some time & even now is. VI-15-(s30) VI-30-(s25) VI-41-(s18) [VI-55 even with termination of high land] [Now low land to Og-bier-seer-o-ping] This where we sopped (VI-55) to get water coming up & I took 2 or 3 sights. VII-00 (s18) even with spot of enc return voyage to Head of Bay last fall; VII-15 (s30) now even with the Ship's beam on shore by the round till in "Pass" VII-30 (s27) Now begin the pull - wind nearly gone - I have tried & tried my best to keep a/c of distance but cannot succeede. I have a stick for Log but but there are 2 Ki-as now in tow Koo-per-neu-ung's & Sharkey both aboard - the log gets foul with Ki-as. I am now about through employing Innuit for such work as I have been using them [[strikethrough]] few [[/strikethrough]] No one can appreciate the difficulty I have labored under to accomplish what I have - Stop VIII-50 at the 3d Cape [[end page]] [[start page]] [[date in left margin]] 1862 July 19 Sat [[/date in left margin]] [[vertical note in blue ink]] See p [[encircled 85]] obsn Book]] [[/vertical note in blue ink]] on 1st after leaving Og-bier-seer-o-ping on of Flag Staff Hill IX-12-40 60°-36' 14-47 60 -08 16-00 59 -57-30 = 60°-11'=50" [[in blue ink]] ________ IX-14-29 [[/blue ink]] 18-25 [[sun symbol]]| to Rt. to spot of ob by height Sharko 82-50 19-45 [[sun symbol]]| " " " " " " " " " 37 20-35 [[sun symbol]]| " " " " " " " " " 26 22-23 58°-24' (Bearing of above 320° [Rt 139°] 23-45 08 [[vertical note in red ink in left margin]] [[underlined]] [[?VIII]] [[/underlined]] obsn Book pp 74-75 [[/vertical note in red ink in left margin]] Above [[sun [[symbol]] Mark to Lt to the [[?nipple]] Peak head of 1st Bay above Countess of W. Sound [[?153°-07']]; [[sun symbol]] Mark to L. to President's Seat62°-[[?50]]' [[blue line]] [[note in blue ink in left margin]] [[encircled 85]]O.B. [[/note in blue ink in left margin]] IX-31-08 56°-27' [[blue line]] 33-30 [[sun symbol]]| to left to same spot on Isd by Lupton Channel ^[[as before made = ^[[sun symbol]] marked 117°=04' 35-07 [[sun symbol]]| " " " " " " " " " " 117-27 36-43 55°-12 Bearing of [[sun symbol]] Mark 161° - Rt 341 [[?]] Last [[sun symbol Mark to the turn Mark the last Course as go into R Bay 28°-[[?47]] Start hIX-m30 Arrive Og-bier-seer-o-ping hX-m15 2 1/2 Ms. per h. Having spent a short time at the tents, I took my sextant & Compass & directed my steps back over rough rock hills to the place of obn. 1st Cape to be doubled in going up the Bay Og-bier-seer-o-ping I continue copying Notes Now back to same [[?Pt of]] PM obs about 1 mile on Course 356 from G.Hs Co. tupiks (tents). The high P. Lt hand side Lupton Channel brass (opposite Course) 176°; "Nipple Peak (of Mt) to Lt. to President's Seat 47-52; Pt. (Ex) Sharko to Left to Nipple Peak 4°-5'; Pres. SEat to Lt to Ice-berg in Bay of F 93°-50', Same Ice=berg to L. to Height by Lt entrance Lupton Channel 58°-30', [[sun symbol]] Mark of Isd by L. C to Rt. to ex of the Isd 11°-15' [[sun symbol]] Mark by Lupton C. to left to Bluff Lt. land side of turn pt. by the Isd. (High one) as one goes up to Rescue Bay in Boat 29°; Said [[sum symbol]] Mark to Lt.to Mark on E. side Head Bay leading from Rescue Bay toward Og-bier-seer-o-ping wh. is the Course Mark from Tents of G.H. men to said Bay 43°-55' Bearing President's Seat 23°-30' = (23°-30')Rt 203. Grinnell Glacier stretches from 23°-00' down to 70° on Kin-gaite Coast. Bearing Oo-ping-ne-wing 333 as near as I can make out. [[in red ink]] See Observation Book pp 74-75 [[/in red ink]] [[in blue ink]] & 85 [[/blue ink]] [[end of page]]