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November 16th 1890 Sunday.

Daisy asked Alfred, Regi and I to Gooseberry Island now it is all closed up but we were to take over all the things to eat and cook them there.  Alice, Daisy and I went over in the boat alone at half past eleven.  Mr. Post and Willie were already there, and met us at the dock.

We went to the kitchen which is the dirtiest hole

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you have ever seen.  Everything which might not have been there was, and what we wanted half the time we could not find.  But our lunch was a great success, Alfred came over later and we six sat down to a delicious repast.

Mr Post could find nothing to make fun of, and had to admit it was very good.

We went out on the rocks, to get refreshed after our morning work, after