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[[underlined]] All Bearings by Compass, except mentioned otherwise [[/underlined]] [[boxed]] Tues. Jy31/60 [[/boxed]] [[eight column table divided into eight time periods (may be over one or two pages as there is a scan gap]] [[headings]] |Civil Time|Chron. Time|Error fast|Altitudes|Ind. Error|Lat.|Long|Remarks| |Noon| | | | |64.19.57| | | |About 4 P.M.|8.20.47| |29.12| | | |Sanderosn's Tower| | |8.21.22| |29.09| | | |West (true) 11 1/2 miles| | |8.21.50| |29.05| | |64.37.05| | | | | | | | | |C. Mercy,! Long 63.20| | | | | | | | |Distance from it to Sand. Tower| | | | | | | | | 55 Geog. miles| [[double line across table]] | | | | | | | |W. Aug. 1/60| |noon| | | | |63.53| |Within few miles West Coast of Nthld.Sound Took sketch of Mtns.| | | | | | | | |Shata to N.E. at [[angle symbol] 50° Height about 500 feet Height about 500 feet| [[double line across table]] | | | | | | | | |Noon| | | | |63.25.56| |Th. Aug. 2| | | | | | | | |P.M. Rain| | | | | | | | |Ev 8 Fog and rain| [[double line across table]] | | | | | | | |Fr. Aug 3/60 Wind, sthly & Fog| | | | | | | | |Air 38, Water 36, Bar 29,4| | | | | | | | |est 3 sighted Nth. Forland| [[double line across table]] | | | | | | | |A.M. Sat. Aug 4, Fog, clear, took sketch| | | | | | | | |of Headland, W.S.W. 10 to 15 miles, slanting| | | | | | | | |from the sea to a height of say 20 feet| [[page/scan gap? or end page]] [[page/scan gap? or continue page]] [[table continues]] |Noon|| | | | |63.12.15| |Sun. Aug. 5| |About 5 P.M.|9.13.55|01.01|21.46| | | | | | |9.14.46| |21.40| | | | | | |9.15.19| |21.38| | | | | [[double line across table]] |Noon| | | | |63.23.15| |A.M. Wind S.W. [[boxed]]Mon. Aug 6/60[[/boxed]]Modt. Clear - Refraction [[insert]] Evs Bar 29.30 Ther 41[[/insert| | | | | | | | |Air 40,Sea 40, Bar 29.350 Noon, Wind N.N.E. Ther 41| | | | | | | | |4. P.M. Fog [[line]] Nth. Foreland W.S.W. 30 miles| [[double line across table]] |Noon| | | | |63.14.00| |Tues. Aug 7 Sterry's Tower}| | | | | | | | | Rogers Island} in sight| | | | | | | | | Sarah do }| | | | | | | | |Sketched Sterry's Tower Runaway boat spoken.]] [[?or spotted]]| | | | | | | | |Evs. passed Sterry Tower & Sarah Island - Calm| | | | | | | | | | } | | | | | | | | [[end of page]]
Transcription Notes:
About page 90 in Hall's book (Aug 7 1860, "Runaway Boat" sighted).