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Each log writer is likely to have a peculiar writing style and spelling system. In the most exaggerated cases the spelling of one word may vary even in the entry for one day.
If you find oddities please do post them here to help other viewers working with this project.

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in this Belvedere logbook the logkeeper's capital letters are stylized and can look similar. Below you can see the abbreviation North North West written as "N.N.W." (The images in this post have been adjusted for visibility.) The capital "N"s have a loop that can make them look like an "S" as seen in other logbooks.


The capital "S" in this log, however, has a loop to the top. Below you can see the words "Trades" and "South." The "T" in "Trades" has a similar curve to the "S," but with no loop.