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XXVIII. At the Inn of Anselme Albert, (late the Widow Michean’s,) south bank of the 
River St. John, Maine. 
Latitude 47° 17/20”, N.; Longitude 68° 27/34”, W. 1843,—September 16th and 17th. 
Necpie No. 1—SErTEMBER 16TH. 
Polarity of No. of Time of 
Marked end. Readings, Observation. Temperature, Dip observed 
N 16 5h. 23m. P.M. rely 41, 430 
Ss 16 6 O04 ei 67 5 41.4 
Dip by thirty-two observations on needle No.1, . . . . . . 77° 45/4 
NEEDLE No. 2,—SerremMBer 17TH. 
N 16 11h. 31m. a.M. 68° 77° 45'.19 
Ss 16 0 20. P.M. 65 4/1) 42.0) 
Dip, by thirty-two observations on Meenas. . oF. Seas 
Dip, by sixty-four observations on needles Nos. Land 2, . . . . 77° 44'.5 
Notr.—The point of observation is six hundred and five feet below the front door of Anselme Albert's Inn, 
measured along the crest of the high bank of the river St. John, on a magnetic course of S. 20° E. 
The weather was clear during the observations on needle No. 1, on the 16th. During the observations on 
needle No. 2, on the seventeenth, it was frequently raining. Sky entirely overcast with clouds all this day. 
Nearly calm. 
XXIX. Mouth of Fish River, Maine, military post of Fort Kent. 
Latitude 47° 15’ 14.5, N.; Longitude 68° 35’ 30”, W. 1843,—September 18th. 
NEEDLE No. 1. 
Ss 16 Lh. 25m., P.M. 78°.5 77° AB'.55 
N 16 ~. 10 To V7 Al’ Bl 
Dip, by thirty-two observations on needle No.1, . . . . . . 77° 43'.68 
NEEDLE No. 2. 
s 16 3h. 14m., P.M. 82°5 77° 42! 
N 16 3 52 2 81 77° 43'.06 
Dip, by thirty-two observations on needle No.2, . . . . . . 779 42.58 
Dip, by sixty-four observations on needles Nos. l and 2, . . . . 77° 48".1 
Weather fair. <A fresh breeze from the north-west. 
Nors.—The point of observation is immediately on the high bank of Fish River, and fifty feet above the 
extreme point of the angle formed by the junction of the left or western bank of Fish River, with the right or 
southern shore of the River St. John. 
From this point to the north-west corner of the Block House of Fort Kent is S, 8° W., magnetic, and the dis- 
tance is four hundred and eleven feet, by measurement, 
XXX. 1843,— September 26th. Mouth of St. Francis River. 
At astronomical station of 1842, near Hammond’s barn, New Brunswick. Latitude 
47° 10' 57.9, N.; Longitude 68° 53’ 58.5, W. 
NEEDLE No. 1. 
N 16 Oh. 067., P.M. 54° 77° 43'.19 
8 16 0 51 P.M. 58 .o 77° 45'.21 
Dip, by thirty-two observations on needle No.1, . . . . . . 77° 44'.20 
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