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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  }
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Index Error
Off 35-30
On  30-30
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  2) 4-00
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    +2-00
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Index error  +1'-48"
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Lat. deduced from A B C D & E
62°-40'-32"
Vide Obsn Book
p 86
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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
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V-16-13 1/2                                   (Bearing [[sun symbol]] mark 7°-30')     99-42-40
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V-19-05    95°-30'
  20-30  -  -  29
  24-55  -  -  23
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V-21-30    95 -27- 20
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[[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
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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
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1862
July
19
Sat
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See p [[encircled 85]] obsn Book]]
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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"
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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
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[[underlined]] [[?VIII]] [[/underlined]] obsn Book pp 74-75
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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]]'
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[[encircled 85]]O.B.
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IX-31-08  56°-27'
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   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.
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See Observation Book pp 74-75
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& 85
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