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Transcription
"The observatory was placed
upon the northernmost of
the rocky group of islets
that formed our harbor. It is
76 English feet from the highest-
and northernmost salient point-
of this island -
A natural face of green
rock formed the western wall
of the observatory. A crevice in
this rock has been filled with
melted lead, in the centre of
which is a copper bolt, eight-
feet from this bolt, and in
the direction indicated by
the crevice stood the magnetometer.
On the highest point of the
island (northernmost) is a
deeply chiselled arrow mark,
filled with lead. In an
enlarged crack five feet
are west of above arrow is,
a glass jar containing
documents. A cairn calls
attention to these points - :
Nothing is placed within it"
A lovecous (jar was)
selected upon a cliff looking
out upon the dry desert, and