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Sunday morning 8th October- fine clear cold weather- after getting breakfast at 1/2 past 6. A.M. strike our tent pursue our journey up the Mtn.- we arrive at the summit at 1 P.M. extremely cold.

This mountain is at least 6,000 feet high- it is N. 42.E. from the mouth of Oboljockmajessick Stream or 2 streams the mouths of which are 40 rods apart one coming from the S. side, the other from the West from near the top of the Mtn. 10 miles distance to the top- we deposited a bottle of Rum, and a bottle containing the Constitution of Maine, and a [blank space] by each of us on lead placed under a rock over which Major Adel had made a Monument on the the summit of the Mtn.- We arrived at the summit taking the bearings of Ponds and Mtns. until 4 P.M. when we descended the steep South part at an angle of 40 degrees 2 miles to the New Stream or Launch in the Mtn. we then descended this Gueph 2 miles at an angle of 20 degrees to the place where we left a part of our baggage, and encamped at 1/2 past 7.P.M.-

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