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so_o not_o so_o the_o true_a channel_n tie_v strong_a tide_n or_o 200._o fathom_n no_o mole_n station_n of_o ice_n in_o all_o his_o return_n lumleys_n inlet_n cap_n labradore_n no_o molestation_n by_o ice_n in_o all_o these_o voyage_n return_v gibbons_n his_o voyage_n a_o caveat_n for_o other_o april_n may._n ice_n on_o cape_n farewell_o 140._o fathom_n above_o water_n put_v into_o ice_n 30._o league_n of_o land_n variation_n allow_v whitsunday_n vrriation_n 24_o june_n a_o good_a harbour_n in_o resolution_n flow_v 4._o fathom_n variation_n 24._o d._n 6._o m._n lumleys_n julet_n 8._o mile_n wide_a in_o the_o narow_a savage_a iles._n dog_n 14._o savage_n in_o one_o canon_n whalessinne_n image_n dogsfurnitur_fw-la lattude_n 62._o d._n 32._o m._n longitude_n 72._o d._n variation_n 27._o d._n 30_o m._n a_o good_a harbour_n 62._o d._n 40._o m._n lat._n s._n e._n full_a sea_n danger_n near_o shore_n la._n 63._o d_o 26._o lon._n 72._o d._n 25._o m._n variati_fw-la 27._o d_o 46._o m._n observaton_n for_o longitude_n mr._n rudston_n july_n mill_n ile_n la._n 64_o flood_n tide_n from_o s_o e_o ice_n drive_v with_o swiftnesle_n danger_n near_o shore_n clock_n 7._o high_a water_n 120._o fathom_n high_a ground_n the_o half_a tide_n between_o baffaime_n cap._n comfort_n in_o 65_o lat_z 65._o 25._o long_o from_o london_n 86._o 10._o sea_n horse_n point_n flood_n come_v from_o s_o e_o bylot_n be_v with_o thomas_n button_n swan_n i_o will_v august_n he_o seek_v no_o passage_n then_o september_n vaâ—ia_n 26._o d._n march_n groenland_n 6._o 5_o d._n groanlands_n wonder_n ice_n hope_v saunderson_n june_n groanland_n woman_n woman_n island_n 72._o d._n 45._o m._n a_o channel_n 74._o d._n 4._o m._n harbour_n 73._o 45._o m._n ice_n consume_v he_o see_v many_o sea_n unicorn_n july_n sir_n dudley_n diggs_n cape_n lat._n 76._o 35._o wolstenholmes_n sound_v whale_n sound_v 78._o variation_n 56._o