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All hands employed in Cutting the Perogus Loose from the ice, which was nearly even with their top; we found great difficuelty in effecting this work owing to the Different devisions of Ice & water after Cutting as much as we Could with axes, we had all the Iron we Could get & Some axes put on long poles and picked throught the ice, under the first water, which was not more the 6 or 8 inches deep— we disengaged one Perogue, [1] and nearly disingaged the 2nd in Course of this day which has been warm & pleasent vised by a no of Indians, Jessomme & familey went to the Shoes Indians Villag to day
The father of the Boy whose feet were frose near this place, and nearly Cured by us took him home in a Slay—
Observed time and distance of ☉'s and ☽'s nearest limbs with Sextant, ☉ East.
| Time | Distance | ||
| h m s | |||
| A. M. | 6 12 15 | 66° 24' 15" | |
| " 14 17 | " 23 43 | ||
| " 16 14 | " 22 45 | ||
| " 17 51 | " 22 — | ||
| " 20 23 | " 21 25 | ||
| " 22 18 | " 21 — | ||
| h m s | |||
| A. M. | 6 25 56 | 66° 20' —" | |
| " 28 5 | " 19 15 | ||
| " 29 6 | " 19 — | ||
| " 30 58 | " 18 — | ||
| " 32 38 | " 17 45 | ||
| " 34 59 | " 17 15 |
Immediately after the Lunar observations observed Equal altitudes of the ☉ with Sextant and artificial Horizon with water.
| h m s | h m s | |||
| A. M. | 6 41 5 | P. M. | — 46 20 | |
| " 43 9 | " 48 30 | |||
| " 45 19 | " 50 35 |
Altitude given by Sextant at the time of observation 40° 15' 45"
| h | m | s | |
| Chronometer too slow Mean Time | 2 | 28 | 14.9 |
Latitude of the place of observation 47° 21' 47"
| h m S | |
| Time by Chronometer of Obstn. A. M. | 6 23 45 |
| h | |
| Chronometer too Slow Apt. T at noon | 2 14 25.7 |
| h m S | |
| True time of observtn. as Shewn by the Chrotr. A. M. | 8 38 10.7 |
| True apparent time of observation A. M. as deduced from Mean Time by the application of the Equation of time with its sighn changed— |
h m S 8 38 18 |
| Distance of ☉'s and ☽'s nearest linbs at the time of this ob- servation. ☉ East |
66° 20' 31.7" |
| h m S | |
| Estimated Greenwich time of the Observation | 15 15 57.7 |
|
☉'s Declination corrisponding with the Greenwich time of this observation |
9° 52' 6.8" South |
| h m S | |
| True mean time of Observation at this place A. M. | 8 51 59.5 |
| Hour ∠ of the A M. observation | 50° 25' 3" |
| Altitude of the ☉'s Center at time of Obsert. by Mr. Elicot's
formula— |
17° 24' 00" |
| By Mr. Patterson's Altd. ☉'s Center at time of observa- tion— |
18° 30' 56" |
| F. | width |
| 12 | 30 N. |
| 10 | 30 N. |
Saturday 23nd Feby. 1805. a pleasant morning. all the party employed cutting the Ice away from round the 2 perogues. towards evening by hard cutting with the water up within an Inch of filling it. Started it loose with pryzes and pulled it out on the Ice & turned on its Side. loosed the Ice from round the other.
Saturday 23rd. We had fine pleasant weather, and all hands were engaged in cutting away the ice from the boat and the other periogue. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon we had the good fortune to get both free from the ice; and in the three following days succeeded in getting them all safe upon the bank. On the 27th we made preparations for making periogues to pursue our voyage in.
Saturday February 23d The weather still continued fine and Clear, all our party were employ'd in cutting the Ice from round the Boat & Pettyaugers. at one o'Clock we got one of the Pettyaugers out of the Ice on Shore.—
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