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[[boxed date]] 1862 Aug 8th Frid. [[/boxed date]] [[encircled 3 in right corner]] P.M. Observation Made on the top Island N.W. Ship 100fathoms dist. [[vertical note in left margin]] 1st set see Result 6th page [[/vertical note in left margin]] [[underlined]] hVIII-m38-s33 59°-17'-00" [[/underlined]] Index Error 0 40- 45 58 -50 -00 On 32'-00" 42 -24 58 -30 -00 Off 32'-00" _____________ __________ ______ Mean = VIII -40 -34 58°-52'-20" 00-00 [[vertical note in left margin]] 2d set see Result 6th page [[/vertical note in left margin]] hVIII-m43-s42 58°-11'-30" 45- 07 57 -56 -00 46- 46 57 -36 -00 _____________ __________ Mean = VIII- 45 -12 57 -54 -30 [[boxed note right half of page]] Compared Chros before Obs & after R's VIII-00 11 beats GH VII-33-00 __________ 27-05.5 m sec. Vide below [[/boxed note right half of page]] VIII-49-00 |[[sun symbol]] to Left - to Lt Tang on N. side Mt Obs S.E.Ex. 110°-50' 50-08 |[[sun symbol]] " " " " " " " " " " " " " 111°-08' 51-00 |[[sun symbol]] " " " " " " " " " " " " " 111 -18 50- 3 Bearing 166° Rd 346° [[vertical note in left margin]] 3d set see Result 6th page [[/vertical note in left margin]] VIII-52-54 56°-17'-00" 54-17 56 -00 -00 55-18 55 -46 -30 __________ __________ Mean VIII-54-07.9 56 -01 -10 [[It appears that "07.9" is lightly struck out with different ink, and below it is encircled 9.7, and a faint note: [[?sun ?nearest ??]] ]] VIII-57-47 |[[sun symbol]] to Left to Peak Mt Warwick 104°-42' 59-00 |[[sun symbol]] " " " " " " 104 -56 59-52 |[[sun symbol]] " " " " " " 105 -10 VIII-58-52 Bearing 158; Rd 338° [[very faint]] 104 -56 [[very faint]] +16 [[vertical]] 105°-12' [[/vertical]] [[/very faint]] [[vertical note]] 4th set [[/vertical note]] IX-01-20 54°-31 02-15 54-19 03-33 54-02 ________ _____ IX-02-22.7 54-17'-20" [[boxed not to right]] Compared Chros R's [[strikethrough]]GH[[/strikethrough]] X-55 11beats G.H. = X-28-00 _______ 27-05.5 m s [[end page]] [[start page]] [[encircled 4 in right corner]] [[blank space 1/3 page]] [[very hard to read due to ink bleed-through]] Sextant Angles Mt. Warwick [wh. is Mt next to [[?]] W side 2d Channel "S.E.Ex."] to Left RTang. Mt of Obn (1st Island) of "S.E. Ex. 9°-20' Mt Warwick to Left to Center of Mt. of Obn of S.E.Ex. 9°-00' [[faint wavy line across page]] hIXm13-s30 |[[sun symbol]] to Lt to Mt Warwick 108°-25' [[faint wavy line across page]] Center Ob. Mt of S.E. Ex. to Lt to very Ex. (S.E.Ex.) 2°-20' ^[[strikethrough]]?[[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Rt. Tang. Look Out Isd ^[[ (on S. end) (Look Out]] near Rescue Harbor) exactly in lineto very Ex. (S.E.Ex.)] Same [that is Center Ob Mt of "S.E.Ex"] to Lt to height on Left Tang. "Look -Out 7°-55' - Same to Lt to Peak Budington Mt. ^[[42°-55']] - to Mt that I sun marked when on Bear (time Bear Isd.) ^[[ [[sun symbol]] Marked Mt]] E side 1st Channel] 1°-30' - to small Peak W. on op. side Channel (2d) 3°-00' -to Mt top that I went up on while Ebierbing * Kood-loo (Innuits who accompanied me on trip of Exploration ^[[spring of]] 1861) erected tupik (tent) on 2 Isd.) 21°-40' to Center 2d Channel 7°-45' - To Peak Mt. Warwick9° that is center Mt.of ob. to Rt. to Peak Mt Warwick wh is 2d channel [[image: looks like a drawn hand pointing to right]] [[heavy underline]] Mt. Warwick to Rt. to Geo. T. Jones Tower 15°-36' [[/heavy underline]] - to Bluff [[?]] side Lupton Channel 20° - to W. side, the Point 20°-50' - to the place of my Observations, Tuesday July 29th W. side Lup. Channel 21°-30' - to Center Island by "the pass" to Og-bier-seer-o-ping 28°-15' - to French Head 30°-18' to 1st [[end of page]]
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