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collecting gear what ever, and miss some of the book I'd like to have - "Birds of the Ocean" for one. Picken's said he had collected land shells for Bartach before. // The weather is cooler today ^[[the afternoon]] nice, breeze this evening blowing cross ways of our pilot house, (both doors, one each side are open) is so strong that papers must be weighted down or out they go, yet its balmy & nice withal. // We had wahoo yesterday for lunch but way cook fixed it, it was too dry.
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This will be only diary mailed; no more mail till I get back to Panama, except maybe a note at Post Office Bay where, we all plan to depart from; crew is most anxious to do this.