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[[circled]]11[[/circled]] Sunday Apr. 27 ^[[Sunday]]fired torpedo at Mallard about 8[[underlined]]30 [[/underlined]] Nice clear sunny day. Sat around & talked & drank coffee most of forenoon. [[line up to circled number 11 page number]] Smoke bomb was fired when torpedo was let go; but it was strictly taboo to photo it So I did not try. see 2pp back [[line across page]] [[arrow pointing down and left to previous page]] Apr. 26 Saturday cont'd. than sore behind ear still hurts on 27. & made [[strikethrough]] little [[/strikethrough]] some trouble sleeping on that side 25 3/4 inch in dia, 48 feet long ^from, upslope side to where leave crown separated off [[image horizontal line with 5 curved lines arising from center]] (which is how far? below actual peaks on tip of tree. got sheath of inflorence which got badly broken in down ward course of tree but which I was able to find it by climbing back up steep hill side, as much as I hated to climb back up. Palms were [[end page]]
Transcription Notes:
think inflorence is inflorescence [appears to be missing letters in original]