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Mar. 12 - 5:30 p.m.  Sailed from Trinidad Yacht Club.  Weather generally fair with widely scattered showers.
> [[Inud?]] from #3 anchor chain rowed

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contact Capt. re departure he had some shopping to do also, & clearance papers to attend to etc. etc.  We got up at 6 (after my 2 p.m. turn in) had breakfast which we'd arranged ^[[night]] before –
^[[at hotel desk at 7.00 a.m.  (Hotel was very good about this and day we went collecting at Maracas beach to catch early tide).  Seven thirty we were on our way to yacht club with most of our luggage;  took it aboard & saw Capt.  He said he could get off by 4 p.m.  If we could get Al Smith aboard he was spending the time at Beebes and was coming down late Monday anyway.  Yes he was at the Alcoa lunch at Beebe's have gone up there to collect plants day we arrived in Port of Spain
I think I mentioned that "they" came & got him in station wagon with all his gear.  He had a wonderful 5 days botanizing in those Trinidad hills.

So there desire of Bredin's to visit up their was just the thing.  We got through aboard Freelance & got back to town (6 miles) and bought hats we wanted in market.  Could find them in no store though we'd tried a number here in Trinidad & before in Barbados.  From market to bank, while Fenner got his dark glasses.  Back to Hotel to pick up]]

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It is now chronlogically (in this letter) Monday [[underlined]] Mar. 12, 1956 [[/underlined]]

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