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[[boxed]] 1862 July 21t[[?]] Mon [[/boxed]] Bearing of middle the stopping place before making Sylvia Grinnell Isd 284[[degree symbol]] - therefore [[underlined]] Course to this 104[[degree symbol]]; [[/underlined]] Bearing 1st high land by Sharko seen over low land 335 by Bearing lower on S. Pt. of the Isd. shooting down from Bear Sound from towards Lupton Channel toward the Bay 353[[degree symbol]]. Left Tang of Lup. Channel as seen over Isd E. of mid Isd 270[[degree symbol]]. Rt Tang 263. Pt Main Isd. Ki-ki-tuk-ju-a reaches past westward to 270. Lt. Tang. of Isd Resolution on those by it 131[[degree symbol]]. Rt. Tang. of bold[[guess]] high past 110[[degree symbol]]. Rt. Tang. of said Isd 104[[degree symbol]]. - Bearing Point on S. side entrance from Bay of F to Bear Sound 150[[degree symbol]] - this the next [[underlined]] Course 150[[degree symbol]] Start V - 35 [[/underlined]] (s 12) [[underlined]] Course 150 [[/underlined]] VI - 00 turn on [[underlined]] Course 166[[degree symbol]]. [[/underlined]] Stop VI - 15 (s 12) Sight back to pt. where commenced new course 346; Now sight to line of Isds that shoot out - the Ex S. Pt 163[[degree symbol]]; The high point (Rt. Tang) of a considerable of are Isd 168[[degree symbol]]; Lt. Tang. seen 173[[degree symbol]]; Highest Isd. 176[[degree symbol]]; Round high part of another 180[[degree symbol]]; [[underlined]] Start VI - 32 Course [[/underlined]] 180; VII - 05 [[?]] Stop pulling & raise Sail at wh time opposite are Innuit monument on top of a hill the 2d monument passed VII - 30 (s 15) Arrive to the said Isd round high part & make New Course Now pulling but line of Isds & Main Land Ki-Ki-tuk-ju-a - Stop VIII - 40 ^[[ [s [[?]])]] to let Sharkey shoot Kuy-se-geen[[guess]] (a fine fur Seal) wh. are numerous in this direction [[underlined]] Start VII - 50 [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] not [[/strikethrough]] [no shot] [[underlined]] Stop VIII - 10 (s 25) on Course 178[[degree symbol]]; [[/underlined]] Sight back to round end of Isd [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] (where I commenced New Course) 358[[degree symbol]]; From Round end Isd to this passed a very good bay or harbor - Entrance was surrounded by Islets. Now Course 193[[degree symbol]] [[underlined]] Start VIII - 20 [[/underlined]] IX - 05 Arrive to end course 193[[degree symbol]] (s 12) where stop to let Sharkey try Seal - Start IX - 15 on Course 192[[degree symbol]] Stop IX - 50 (s 13) Deduct 15 Minutes from this on a/c Seal Chasing [[strikethrough]] from [[/strikethrough]] From VIII - 20 been voyaging down Channel 1/6[[guess]] to 1/8 mile - in some places perhaps 1/2 mile wide bet Main Isd & ce[[guess]] [[strikethrough]] long [[/strikethrough]] line of [[?long]] Islands. Allow 3/4 knot per h. from VIII - 20 - for set of tide in direction of Course Sight back to commencement last Course 192[[degree symbol]] & find bearing 12[[degree symbol]]; Now Course still down Channel - Middle small Bear Island 198; A small Isd North 202[[degree symbol]] - Another still further 204[[degree symbol]]; Start X - 03, [[?]] 198 - Stop X - 20 (s 13) & make [[blank space]] Enc. on Left hand side Channel near its termination East side Part Resolution Isd bears 114 (+62[[degree symbol]] = ^[[True]] 176 180 ^[[True]]] S. by Mt) [[end page]] [[start page]] Tuesday July 22d 1862 Obs 1st Enc after leaving Og-bier-seer-a-ping [[strikethrough]] S. E Ex 230[[degree symbol]] [[/strikethrough]] Bear Island 192[[degree symbol]] [[strikethrough]] Bluff 244[[degree symbol]] [[/strikethrough]] the same found before night to ice Pseudo Bear Isd] High Land that I went upon by the Enc. made night before going to the Ex Isd 260 Start 0 h XII - m1 5 (hVII - m 15 AM) The Monument on a Bluff - very prominent - the version of Innuit, Sharkey - the Dreaded Land - Innuits all lost; XII - 45 (s 14) a new Course having been on Course same as making last eve when turned in to Enc 198[[degree symbol]] - the new Course being 235 to Duck Isd. [[underlined]] Stop [[/underlined]] XII - 55 (s 12) find many eggs but nearly all bad - some hatched Sharkey killed 3 ducks here; S.E. Ex 248[[degree symbol]] [this enormous[[guess]] as the said Ex not exactly in sight - the place sighted 248 [[underlined]] true Bear Isd. [[/underlined]] - Bear Isd - [[underlined]] Pseudo [[/underlined]] Bear Isd to wh. I now go brass 185[[degree symbol]]; [underlined]] Start [[/underlined]] h 1 - 25 Stop 2 - 00 (s 12) Course 185[[degree symbol]]; Now top Bear Isd [[underlined]] [Pseudo [[/underlined]] Bear Isd] - a part of Davis Strait, Bay of Frobisher, Resolution Isd & the others by it & S.E. Ex only Bee Hive Group [[image - side view sketch of five "bee hive" shaped islands, the first separated by a gap from the remaining four]] really in sight Bear Isd bet S.E. Ex & Pseudo Bear Isd hiding the rest of S E. Ex. from view. That end of [[strikethrough]] Too-T [[/strikethrough]] Too-jar-choo-ar (Resolution Island) 112[[degree symbol]]. Sharkey my experienced friend [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] (A great Innuit Traveller) who has been to Resolution & the other Islands about it greatly assists me. The other on W. end Resolution Isd (Too-jar-choo-a) 92 [[encircled]] A [[encircled]] Too-jar-choo-ar; [[encircled]] B [[encircled]] Too-jaru[[guess]] [[image - sketch of two long narrow islands end to end, first island labeled '112[[degree symbol]] encircled A'; the other '92[[degree symbol]] on west end, 80[[degree symbol]] on east end, encircled B']] [[strikethrough]] East [[/strikethrough]] ^[[west]] said Tue-jaru[[guess]]. OK pine Isd an[[guess]] an-e-ook [very high land on Mt.] this side Tuo-jaru OK - from brass as sent by Sharkey 87[[degree symbol]] Its shape appears about thus [[image - side-view sketch of a peak nearly vertical on the right side, illegibly labeled Ok-pru[[guess]] nearly a perpendicular face. Too-jar-oo-chin[[guess]] cannot see. Sharkey now puts compass in direction (80[[degree symbol]] ([[underlined]] West [[/underlined]] said Too-jaru[[guess]] of Too-jar-oo-chin[[guess]] but says; Tuk-koo-nan-me? lifting his head up as if to look over & behind Too-jaru[[guess]] 80[[degree symbol]] [It is possible that the Island Too-jar-oo-chin[[guess]] is a low Isd & that on this a/c cannot see it] The fartherest Ex. E. of Kin-gaite Coast 46[[degree symbol]] (?) by Comp. [[underlined]] (Au[[guess]] supon[[guess]]) [[/underlined]] By Sextant = Rt. Tang. Too-jaru[[guess]] in Left [[strikethrough]] Too-jar-choo [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Tang. Too-jar-choo-a 34[[degree symbol]]. Rt. Tang. Too-jar-choo-a to Left Tang. 20[[degree symbol]]; E end Too-jar-choo-a to Left to Ice-berg in Davis Strait 97[[degree symbol]] - 25[[symbol]]; Ice-berg to Lt. to S.E. Ex. the family of I[[?]] Peaks [[image]] Small Island's a little to Rt. S. E. Ex. 49[[degree symbol]] - 00[[symbol]] 97 - 25 [[line]] Therefore E. End Too-Jar-choo-a } (Resolution Island) to Lt to S.E. Ex this ?}= 146[[degree symbol]] - 25[[symbol]] [ Ice-berg to left to Ex. of Land I went one Morn of Leaving S.E. Ex. [ 50[[degree symbol]] - 55 97 - 25 = [[strikethrough]] Rt tang [[/strikethrough]] E. end Too-jar-choo-a to Lt. to Ice-berg as above [[line]] 148 - 20 = Too-jar-choo-a to Lt to "S.E. Ex" as above Said Ice-berg to L. to the two (2) Brother Peaks [outer base]] 51[[degree symbol]] - 40[[symbol]] [[?]] above the Enc. End Res. Isd to L to Ice-berg - - - 97 - 25 [[line]] 149 -05 Said 2 brothers Peaks in the PM on arriving to the spot proved to be Bear Island the Isd. where Ebierbing & Kood-loo Killed the Polar Bear when I was on the 1st Isd of S E Ex 1 year ago last Apr.
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See pages 555 & 556 in Hall' book.
