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Tuesday March 27th
 
Tuesday March 27th
  
Starting from Victoria, Vancouver's Island with a Surveyor and fifteen Men, for the purpose of completing a Survey commenced two years previous, defining the line between the Dunsmuir [illegible] from the [illegible] land: we were landed at Alberni by the C. P. W. Co Steamer Maude on the 29th [illegible]
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Starting from Victoria, Vancouver's Island with a Surveyor and fifteen Men, for the purpose of completing a Survey commenced two years previous, defining the line between the Dunsmuir [Strait] from the [Gordon Inuit] land: we were landed at Alberni by the C. P. W. Co Steamer Maude on the 29th [illegible].
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Monday, March 28th
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Has passed visiting some (illegible) of fishing stations and in landing supplies for some whaling schooners:  three or four of these schooners were waiting in the bay for fine weather:  proceeding afterwards we landed at the flourishing town of Alberni.
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Tuesday, March 29th
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When we landed our supplies were [housing?] there for the rights on the wharf:  we three split up into two and twoand visited the place of interest in the afore said settlement:  (Alberni is on the west coast of Vancouver Island:  about 100 miles north of Victoria at the read

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From March 27th/92 To Oct 8th/92

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Diary of a Chain Man on a Government Survey on Vancouver Island

Tuesday March 27th

Starting from Victoria, Vancouver's Island with a Surveyor and fifteen Men, for the purpose of completing a Survey commenced two years previous, defining the line between the Dunsmuir [Strait] from the [Gordon Inuit] land: we were landed at Alberni by the C. P. W. Co Steamer Maude on the 29th [illegible].

Monday, March 28th Has passed visiting some (illegible) of fishing stations and in landing supplies for some whaling schooners: three or four of these schooners were waiting in the bay for fine weather: proceeding afterwards we landed at the flourishing town of Alberni.

Tuesday, March 29th When we landed our supplies were [housing?] there for the rights on the wharf: we three split up into two and twoand visited the place of interest in the afore said settlement: (Alberni is on the west coast of Vancouver Island: about 100 miles north of Victoria at the read