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[[boxed]] 1862 Aug [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[strikethrough]] Mond. Aug 4 [[/boxed]] President's Seat brass by Az. Com. 43° E-tin-nap-ping Pass 11° - Sharko Ex 110° Pres Seat to Rt to height Twer-puk-ju-a wh is seen over S side Ni-oun-te-lik 26°-57' - same to exact spot where Coal is on N. 29°-50' - to [[strikethrough]] exact [[/strikethrough]] Ex. N. end Nouuntulik 30°-30' - to ex of low shoal Pt. N 34° [[image - island shaped like a pork chop.: top NE point labelled 30°-30'; bay half way down right side: 29°-50'; bay half way down left side: 26°-57'; bottom tip labelled 34°-00']] ^[[By above the Compass Va. seem to be only 57° while July 17th it was full 60° FH]] [[double line across page]] Continuation from page [[encircled]] 1 [[/encircled]] of this date At station [[encircled]] E [[/encircled]] that is in sighting to [[encircled]] 7 [[/encircled]] = 190° - the right side Bay [upper end ^[[S. side]] ] in line 192°. The Cape E. side wh is the turn up to strait part brass 145° -The 300 paces from [[encircled]] D [[/encircled]] to [[encircled]] E [[/encircled]] brings me to Cliffs N. side Bay. [While I pace D. to E. the Boat with crew start out for Enc. & proceede to E. to take me aboard when I proceede surveying Bay up to Deposits of Coal of Fro. thence survey Harbor above venturing on opposite S side to place of Enc. Koo-per-neu-ung & Miner [[strikethrough]] been go [[/strikethrough]] been gone up the Bay in their Ki-as all the [[strikethrough]] morning [[/strikethrough]] Morning Sealing. At station [[[encircled]] E [[/encircled]] bearing base of Mt at the commencement of Sharko [wh Mt has the [[sun symbol]] Marked Peak] 118° Ex. of Sharko just in sight at this station [[encircled]] E [[/encircled]] & in line Lt Pt off = 107° Get aboard Boat & [[underlined]] Start [[/underlined]] up along N. side Bay. [[underlined]] h IV - m 01 - s 30 [[/underlined]] IV - 8 (s 10) ^[[bear]] on [[underlined]] Course 192° [[/underlined]] wh. brings me to Cape on Pt. W. side Pouy-tu-ang, the old snow drift [IV - 10 opposite ^[[middle]] Ring-too-arng the old snow drift bet [[[encircled]] F [[/encircled]] & [[encircled]] G [[/encircled]] ] [[underlined]] IV - 15 ^[[(s 10)]] opposite & close to [[encircled G]] on Course 206° h IV - m 28 - ^[[(s10)]] Arrive to Coal Point (point of peninsula where Frobisher deposited Coal [[end page [[start page]] [[boxed]] 1862 Aug 4 Mond [[/boxed]] near 3 Centuries ago! on [[underlined]] Course 210° [[image - wavy irregular shoreline running top right down to lower left. Adjacent to the shoreline is a series of straight lines along what appears to be the coastline. Each line inflection points is labelled with encircled letters. Starting at the bottom and moving up the coast, the letters are: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H. Onshore between G & H is labelled 'old snow'.]] [[image - very long & very irregular coastline enclosing a bay, with adjacent straight lines. At lower left, a peninsula pointing SSE labelled 'Ek-ke-le-zhun'. Rounding the peninsula heading up the coast into the bay N & NNE, the first inflection is labelled encircled B. There is a small island off to the right. The next inflection points are labelled with encircled letters as follows: B, C, D, E, (at E the line turns ENE) F, G, H, I. Onshore are labels by G 'old snow' and Iron Mt.; between H & I 'Coal', [[wavy line]] Waterfall, [[wavy line]] Waterfall, river. At the top of the Bay there is an encircled X, and two more Waterfalls.Down the E side of the bay is a dotted line meandering down the shoreline, crossing the entrance to the bay to the beginning peninsula Ek-ke-le-zhun. "High land all around this Bay. About 100 feet in height all around the Bay & Harbor - & most of it nearly perpendicular".]] Meridional Observations at Coal deposite up bay of Ek-ke-le-zhun - the Artificial Horizon bedded on the Coal! [[mini-table]] IV-44-45 88°-14'-38' 47-25 15 -30 49-25 17 -00 52-40 20 -00 55-25 22 -00 58-50 23 -00 V-00-25 23 -30 V-02-00 88°-23'-30" [[/mini-table]] [[two vertical blue ink notes in mini-table]] [[note to left]] [[underlined]] No [[?such ?er.]] [[/underlined]] [[note by entry "V-oo-25"]] 62°-46'-?14" = [[pointing to V-00-25]] [[/note by entry "V-00-25"]] [[vertical note in mini-table between times and bearings]] For Approx. [[strikethrough]] Ap [[/strikethrough]] Time ^[[by Chro]] at Apparent Noon see Obsn Book p [[encircled]] 39 [[/encircled]] [[/vertical note in mini-table between times and bearings]] [[/two vertical blue ink notes in mini-table]] [[entries continue down right half of page to the right of mini-table]] Bearing from top highest point ^[[ Coal Remainder ]] [E side of wh. is the Coal Deposits] of base of Iron Mt Lt hand coming up [see sketch] 44°; This or the mornse[[guess]] & say last Course to here 201°(?) Bearing of Ex. Cape by Enc. Ek-ke-lu-zhun 50°; Kuk-nuk-ju-arng [Isd.] seen over E point [on Cape N side entrance bay] 46°; S. side entrance to this Bay 65° - President's Seat [Kin-gaite side]43°; The termination of Coast on N. side up to Commencement Peninsula 353°; Rt. side Peninsula that is E on opp. 307°; Trend of Peninsula - Tp to base [[blot]]42 x ? 22° = ( 142° [[/entries continue down right half of page to the right of mini-table]] [[entries down left half of page below mini-table]] Then [[sun symbol]] disappeared behind clouds - I think 88°-23'-30" the Meridional Alt [[sun symbol]] [[underlined in blue ink]] No Index Error [[/underlined in blue ink]] - [No Sun during the PM for apparent True Obs.] [[strikethrough]] of Comp 355° [[strikethrough]]
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