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[[double underlined]]April 14. Monday [[/doubled underlined]] a.m. retd from further inland 

Had a spotty night due to mosquitos "dope" helped for short intervals. One covered body as completely as possible tied pants to top of socks so there would be no gap bet pants & socks; also shirt or coat (I had rain coat) needs to be buttoned up tight to neck and any exposed part of face, around ears and backs of necks, put towel, [[underlined]]+ [[/underlined]] saturated with mosquito dope; ditto spare shirt which pulled up under chin, & covered hands folded on breast; one hated to move, and practically didnt for fear of disturbing "covers" & letting in mosquitos. As result of all covering only nose was out & enough of cheeks so that eyes could see out from under towel & watch moons progress across sky from east to west., cloudy sky at times with silhoulets of leaves of trees against the gray (luminous almost) back drop. Bed was brush, (springy) filled up high enough to cover inequalities of ground surface & "pinnacles" of rocks
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